A registered representative from Port Orange, Fla., who made misleading statements on radio broadcasts that he never told his member firm about was fined $5,000 by FINRA.

David Alan Tucker also was suspended from associating with any FINRA member for 20 days, ending Jan. 9, according to FINRA records.

Tucker was found to have engaged in radio broadcasts during which he made the misleading statements and omitted material information. He also failed to provide a balanced presentation on the broadcasts or made exaggerated, unwarranted or promissory statements.

He also was found to have placed a print advertisement in a local newspaper that failed to provide a sound basis for certain claims.

He also engaged in the public radio broadcasts and placed the print advertisements without his firm’s registered principal’s approval, FINRA records show. The names of the member firm, the radio station and the newspaper involved were not disclosed by FINRA.

Tucker neither admitted nor denied the allegations.