LPL Fined $26 Million by the North American State Securities Administrators Association Over Advisors’ Sales of Unregistered Securities
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:
An investigative task force led by the North American State Securities Administrators Association (
Moreover, according to regulators, since at least 2006, LPL was negligent in canceling certain third-party services critical for compliance. LPL failed to maintain adequate supervisory systems to prevent the sales of the unregistered, non-exempt equity or fixed-income securities.
Investors who purchased unregistered securities that were non-exempt from registration may have a cause of action under state securities laws and other causes of action to rescind those purchases.
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