Reniero Castillo Francisco , formerly a broker with LPL Financial in Newport Coast, California submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Francisco consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he failed to provide FINRA with requested information and documents and failed to appear for an on-the-record interview. The findings stated that Francisco’s failure to cooperate impeded FINRA’s investigation. (FINRA Case #2012032452701)
Francisco was registered with LPL Financial 7/2002-11/2010.
According to FINRA records, Francisco and a co-defendant were named in an enforcement action by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission which charged that they defrauded investors in connection with operating a commodity pool to trade commodity futures contracts and options, made false statements and misappropriated pool funds. In a parallel criminal action Franciso and his co-defendant pled guilty to conspiracy and fraud leading to sentences of 151 months and 97 months respectively. In addition they were order to pay a fine of nearly $6 million and restitution of over $8 million.
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