Direct Access Partners, LLC (DAP) was a New York-based institutional broker-dealer founded in 2002. The firm specialized in providing execution services for global equities and fixed-income securities to institutional clients, with a significant operational focus on Latin American markets. The company's business collapsed after it became the center of a major U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation in 2013. The investigation revealed a widespread bribery scheme involving a Venezuelan state-owned bank, leading to criminal charges against its executives, massive regulatory fines, and its eventual expulsion by FINRA, forcing the firm to shut down permanently in 2014.