Deloitte censured and fined $200,000 for message archiving failures

The firm used iMessage on corporate phones and failed to maintain records of text messages.

Deloitte Corporate Finance, LLC (DCF) has been served a $200,000 fine by FINRA after failing to properly archive messages. It is the second time the firm has been fined for failures related to messaging.

Between July 2017 and February 2022, DCF failed to retain business-related messages sent and received on 95

DCF had established

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