Cheaters Never Prosper

Brokers must take tests. It's a fact of Wall Street life. That some people will go too far in an effort to pass them is sadly a fact of industry life, too. Here are a few of the more egregious examples: That's an Old Photo of Me Dmitry Verkhovsky (NASD AWC/ C10040018/May 2004) and Galina Tedeeva (NASD AWC/ CLI040035/ January 2005) each paid stand-ins to take their Series 6 and 63 exams for them. Both were caught and both were barred from the industry. A Conspiracy of Paper Test takers who show up but then cheat on the ...

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