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FINRA is already taking steps to make expungement more difficult.
Check out this story from Registered Rep.:
http://registeredrep.com/wealthmanagement/finra_gets_tough/index.html

98 percent of expungements requested were granted?....most without hearings? (71% without hearings in 2001)....fear-mongering?...shame on who?

Shame on you for fear-mongering! Your article clearly stated that the survey only looked at 2% of all complaints. In these 2% of claims, 98% were granted. HOWEVER, that also means that 98% of all settle complaints in that year had specific information added to their broker information as to the nature and resolution of the particular complaint. You set out to demonstrate that 'brokers can't be trusted because they can just alter their records'. Instead, you successfully proved that you cannot be trusted to provide truthful, unbiased, analysis because you base your article on a survey of only 2%! Shame on you!