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Regulatory Sanctions

Massachusetts Orders LPL To Pay $3.7 Mln In Relief For Older Investors

January 30, 2017

LPL Financial Holdings agreed to pay nearly $3.7 million in restitution, disgorgement and fines, to settle charges by the Massachusetts securities regulator that the firm sold unsuitable insurance products to elder investors.

 

According to the order from Secretary of the Commonwealth William Gavin, ... one of LPL’s advisers misrepresented clients’ ages and net worth to make them appear more suitable for buying variable annuity investments. LPL also failed to detect various red flags and discrepancies which should would have prevented the harm.