Anthony DeChellis joined Boston Private to jump start its floundering wealth business. But he and the board are "grossly" undervaluing the bank in agreeing to a $900 million sale, a major shareholder says, arguing the firm should curtail its "pie-in-the-sky" and costly wealth management ambitions.
The lapses in record retention, fingerprinting and failing to oversee the drafting of consolidated reports led to 1.5 million costumer communications being deleted and a former rep running a Ponzi scheme, FINRA claimed.