Wojnowski v. State, Office of Financial Regulation

Appellant, Donald A. Wojnowski, Jr., challenges a final order of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation (“OFR”) denying his application for registration as an associated person of a securities dealer.1 OFR based the denial on the fact that Appellant was the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) arbitration award finding that Appellant sold unregistered securities in violation of section 517.07, Florida Statutes, and committed securities fraud in violation of Section 517.301, Florida Statutes. Appellant argues that OFR cannot “rely on the clearly erroneous and…