Defendant Name: Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company
Public Company Parent: Lincoln National Corporation
SIC Code: 6311
CUSIP: 53418710

Initial Case Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation and Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation
First Document Date 09-Feb-2024
Initial Filing Format Administrative Action
File Number 3-21848
Allegation Type Broker Dealer

Violations Alleged

Other
• Failure to supervise under Section 203(e)(6) Advisers Act

Resolutions

First Resolution Date 09-Feb-2024
Headline Total Penalty and Disgorgement $8,500,000

Related Documents:

34-99499 09-Feb-2024 Administrative Proceeding
Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Sections 203(e) and 203(k) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order
On February 9, 2024, the SEC instituted administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation and Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation, stating: "From at least January 2019, LFA and LFS employees sent and received off-channel communications that related to the broker-dealer businesses operated by LFA and LFS and with respect to LFA’s and LFS’s investment advisory businesses related to recommendations made or proposed to be made and advice given or proposed to be given. Respondents did not maintain or preserve the substantial majority of these written communications. Respondents’ failures were firm-wide, and involved employees at various levels of authority. As a result, LFA and LFS violated Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 17a-4(b)(4) thereunder and Section 204 of the Advisers Act and Rule 204-2(a)(7) thereunder."
2024-18_3-21848 09-Feb-2024 Press Release--Administrative Proceeding
Sixteen Firms to Pay More Than $81 Million Combined to Settle Charges for Widespread Recordkeeping Failures
On February 9, 2024, the SEC "announced charges against five broker-dealers, seven dually registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, and four affiliated investment advisers for widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their employees to maintain and preserve electronic communications."

Other Defendants in Action:

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation