{"id":4013,"date":"2016-12-14T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T22:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2022-08-29T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:35:49","slug":"former-lpl-financial-advisernorth-carolina-broker-sentenced-1-4m-ponzi-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/former-lpl-financial-advisernorth-carolina-broker-sentenced-1-4m-ponzi-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Former LPL Financial Adviser\/North Carolina Broker Is Sentenced in $1.4M Ponzi Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Caleb Fackrell is sentenced 63 months behind bars and three years of court supervision. The 36-year-old former North Carolina financial adviser, who worked with LPL Financial (LPLA), pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud earlier this year. He now must pay his victims nearly $820K in restitution.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, Fackrell ran an investment scam from approximately 5\/2012 to 12\/2014. During this time, he solicited about $1.4M from at least 20 investors. The companies he ran included Robin Hood LLC, Robin Hood Holdings LLC, Robinhood LLC, and Robinhood Holdings LLC.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors contend that instead of using investors\u2019 money as intended, Fackrell enriched himself in what North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has described as \u201cone of the most vicious financial crimes\u201d the state has seen.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/former-lpl-financial-advisernorth-carolina-broker-sentenced-1-4m-ponzi-scam\/#more-4013\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Caleb Fackrell is sentenced 63 months behind bars and three years of court supervision. The 36-year-old former North Carolina financial adviser, who worked with LPL Financial (LPLA), pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud earlier this year. He now must pay his victims nearly $820K in restitution. 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