Leslie Koonce Allegedly Violated Securities Laws

According to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Leslie Koonce, a former broker with LPL Financial, violated securities laws. Allegedly, between January 2012 and March 2015, Koonce participated in several private securities transactions without providing prior written notice to his firm, LPL. He also completed firm compliance questionnaires in which he falsely denied participating in private securities transactions, and he later provided false responses to questions asked by FINRA. These are all against securities laws and internal firm rules. For this misconduct, he was permanently barred from the industry.

According to his FINRA BrokerCheck report online, Mr. Koonce was previously registered with Hornor, Townsend & Kent in Horsham, Pennsylvania from May 1984 until September 1998, Main Street Management Company in Boston, Massachusetts from December 1999 until May 2004, Associated Securities Corp in Menlo Park, California from May 2004 until September 2009, LPL in Menlo Park from September 2009 until December 2015, Cetera Advisor Networks in Menlo Park from December 2015 until December 2015 and EK Riley Investments in Menlo Park from December 2015 until November 2017. He is not currently registered as a broker within the industry.