Gary Stephen Oram

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Gary Stephen Oram, a solicitor's clerk employed as a financial adviser at O'Leary & Co., was convicted of seven deception-related offences and found to have conducted the firm's investment business with widespread serious breaches of the Solicitors Investment Business Rules and related rules, including forged documents and fraudulent generation of commission. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal made a Section 43 order restricting his employment by any solicitor without Law Society permission, and ordered him to pay costs of £555.87.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage
• Report serious misconduct of others
• No improper solicitation or touting

Aggravating factors:

• Criminal convictions involving deception and dishonesty
• Approximately £90,000 in commission received during his employment with no proper commission agreements
• Fraudulent generation of commission via policies later cancelled
• Previously denied in correspondence that he was employed by the firm, contrary to the evidence