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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Lincoln Financial Securities, Inc. and Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation
Current Parent Company: Lincoln National
Penalty: $600,000
Year: 2011
Date: February 17, 2011
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority imposed fines of $450,000 against Lincoln Financial Securities, Inc. (LFS) and $150,000 against an affiliated firm, Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, for failure to adequately protect non-public customer information. In addition, LFS failed to require brokers working remotely to install security application software on their own personal computers used to conduct the firm's securities business.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Source of Data: (click here)
Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government.
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.