CFP Board shares information that CFP professionals have provided about their practice as well information about professionals who CFP Board has publicly disciplined or who made a bankruptcy disclosure to CFP Board, We cannot guarantee the information CFP professionals have provided is accurate or complete. You should verify the accuracy of the information.
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Professional Profile
Year CFP® Certification Received
2002
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Planning Services Offered
- Insurance Planning
- Retirement Planning
- Employee and Employer Plan Benefits
- Investment Planning
Languages
- English
Payment Options
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Disclosures
CFP Board Public Disciplinary History
Effective Date: 12/1/2014
In December 2014, following a review by CFP Board’s Disciplinary and Ethics Commission, CFP Board issued an order stating that this Public Letter of Admonition be issued to Mr. Chepenik. This discipline followed Mr. Chepenik’s entry into a settlement agreement with CFP Board in which he consented to CFP Board’s findings that he: 1) was convicted of DUI in June 2008; 2) failed to disclose the DUI conviction to CFP Board within 10 days in violation of Article 12.2 of CFP Board’s Disciplinary Rules and Procedures in effect at that time; 3) failed to disclose his June 2008 DUI conviction on his September 2008 CFP® certification renewal application; 4) during the period from December 2010 through October 2011, engaged in investment advisory business in Florida without being properly registered, in violation of Florida Statutes; 5) failed to disclose Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation’s Final Order to Florida’s Department of Financial Services within 30 days, which resulted in a January 2013 Consent Order requiring him to pay a $1,000 fine; 6) was convicted for Reckless Driving in September 2013; 7) failed to report his September 2013 Reckless Driving conviction to CFP Board within 30 days as required by Article 13.2 of the Disciplinary Rules and Procedures; and 8) failed to disclose his June 2009 DUI conviction on his September 2010 and October 2012 Renewal Applications. Mr. Chepenik consented to violations of Rules 606(b), 607 and 612 of CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Rules 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.5 of CFP Board’s Rules of Conduct, providing grounds for discipline pursuant to Articles 3(a), 3(c), 3(e) and 3(g) of CFP Board’s Disciplinary Rules and Procedures. Accordingly, the Commission admonished Mr. Chepenik with regard to the above-mentioned conduct.
Disclosure Under CFP Board’s Prior Bankruptcy Disclosure Procedures
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Until June 30, 2020, CFP Board made public disclosures about CFP® professionals who had filed a personal or business bankruptcy. These were disclosures and not disciplinary actions or sanctions. These disclosures stay on CFP Board’s website for 10 years. There are more details below on this page.
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Until June 30, 2020, CFP Board made public disclosures about CFP® professionals who had filed a personal or business bankruptcy. These were disclosures and not disciplinary actions or sanctions. These disclosures stay on CFP Board’s website for 10 years. There are more details below on this page.
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Below are links to additional sources of information about CFP® professionals that may contain information that has not led to CFP Board discipline or does not appear on CFP Board’s website. The information may include customer disputes, disciplinary actions taken by a regulator or employer, certain criminal matters, and certain financial matters (such as bankruptcy proceedings and unpaid judgments or liens). The links below may provide additional information if the CFP® professional is subject to the oversight of that regulator or self-regulatory agency. If the CFP® professional is not subject to their oversight, then the links will not provide access to any additional information about that person.
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You can find information about CFP® professionals who are subject to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversight through FINRA’s BrokerCheck and the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure databases. Both are free tools. CFP Board updates the disclosures below monthly and should be verified directly through FINRA and the SEC.
FINRA’s BrokerCheck Public Disciplinary History
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SEC’s Investment Advisor Public Disciplinary History
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Visit your state securities regulator’s website for more information about brokers and investment advisers and your state insurance department website for more information about insurance professionals.
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Visit the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) website to search for enforcement actions against individuals who are subject to OCC oversight.
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Conduct an Internet search on the CFP® professional’s name (and business name).
About Bankruptcies
Effective June 30, 2020, CFP Board may publicly sanction a CFP® professional for a personal or business bankruptcy that violates CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct. (There is no violation if the CFP® professional can make a case that the bankruptcy does not reflect on the professional’s ability to responsibly manage his or her own financial affairs or the financial affairs of the business.) You can find public sanctions in the “CFP Board Public Disciplinary History.” Under the “Prior Bankruptcy Disclosure Procedures” that applied from July 2012 – June 2020, CFP Board published information about a CFP® professional’s verified single bankruptcy in a press release and on CFP Board’s website. These were disclosures, not discipline or sanctions, and remain on CFP Board’s website for 10 years. You may learn more about the disclosure procedures here. You can learn more information about a bankruptcy filing at the U.S. Court’s website. You will be required to register and pay a nominal fee to view the information on that website.