FCA v. Frank Cochran Individual (2020)

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In November 2020 the Financial Conduct Authority banned Frank Cochran from regulated financial work after a jury convicted him in 2018 of sexual assault, harassment-related and coercive-control offences for which he received seven years in prison. The notice does not concern insider dealing.

The record

Structured fields for this action, as recorded in our case library.
Agency	FCA
Date filed	2020-11-03
Date resolved	2020-11-03
Status	unknown
Criminal parallel	No
Defendants	Frank Cochran Individual (individual)
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What was ordered

Civil penalty: —
Disgorgement: —
Prejudgment interest: —
Total relief: —
Alleged gain: —

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What is alleged to have happened

The Financial Conduct Authority issued its final notice on November 3, 2020.

It records that Cochran was convicted by a jury on April 17, 2018 of sexual assault, putting a person in fear of violence and controlling or coercive behaviour, and sentenced the same day to seven years' imprisonment with an indefinite restraining order and a lifelong sex offender registration requirement. The FCA concluded he lacked the integrity needed to work in financial services and made a prohibition order.

The record had been tagged insider trading because the notice's standard guidance lists insider dealing among the offences the FCA considers; that is boilerplate, and the tag has been removed.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

Timeline

2020-11-03 FCA final notice

Primary documents

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FCA final notice

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Record added September 10, 2026. submit a correction.