
Schaedler is alleged to have exercised undue influence with elderly client owning $2.3 million-dollar estate.
After 16 years in the securities industry, Wells Fargo Clearing Services broker James R. Schaedler is now indefinitely barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). According to his FINRA BrokerCheck report, Schaedler was discharged by Wells Fargo Clearing Services in January 2017 for allegedly allowing his daughter to receive funds via check from a client, the majority of which were subsequently received by Schaedler himself.
Then in June 2017, a FINRA disciplinary action was filed which stated, “FINRA commenced an investigation in January 2016 into allegations that Schaedler exercised influence over a former elderly client, who ultimately amended her trust making Schaedler a partial beneficiary and the residual beneficiary of her $2.3 million-dollar estate. The investigation was later expanded to include allegations that Schaedler also improperly received a $200,000 gift from a second elderly client.”