Chile’s Financial Market Commission (CMF) has opened an administrative sanctioning procedure and filed charges against Rodrigo Topelberg Kleinkopf for allegedly providing false information to the market, the CMF and the public regarding the economic, financial and equity situation of STF Capital Corredores de Bolsa SpA. The CMF alleges the conduct involved serious and repeated false disclosures, referencing provisions of the Securities Market Law and the CMF Act, alongside related general rules and circular letters. While sanctioning procedures are generally confidential, the CMF Board exercised its legal powers to make the procedure and charges public to safeguard public trust, with the Investigation Unit’s gathered information and the formal statement of charges remaining confidential. Under the CMF process, the charged party may submit a defence and evidence to seek exoneration or mitigation of responsibility.