LPL Financial Stockbroker Barred by FINRA for Taking Prohibited Customer Loans
Raymond Daniel Schmidt, a former registered representative with the Oceanside, California branch of LPL Financial LLC (LPL Financial), consented to, but did not admit to or deny, the sanction and the entry of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) findings that he borrowed over $2.25 million from customers, failed to disclose his outside business activity, and falsely reported, in several firm questionnaires, his involvement in this misconduct. Without admitting or denying FINRA’s findings, Raymond Schmidt, of Oceanside, California, consented to the sanctions and to the findings that he borrowed more than $2.25 million from seven LPL Financial customers, in violation of FINRA Rule 3240, which prohibits registered representatives from borrowing or lending money to customers unless permitted under the firm’s rules. Mr. Schmidt allegedly borrowed the money from the LPL customers for the purpose of constructing a vacation property in Hawaii. Further, FINRA found that Raymond Schmidt failed to notify his member firm of his involvement in this outside business activity.
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