A registered representative from Richmond, Va., was fined $5,000 by FINRA for violating the organization and his member firm’s rules with a customer loan.

Scott Ryan Tischler also was barred from associating with any FINRA member for one year.

However, the imposition of the fine and suspension were delayed, pending Tischler’s appeal in the case, FINRA records show.

Tischler was found to have borrowed a total of $67,000 from a customer in violation of his member firm’s prohibition on borrowing from customers, according to FINRA. The member firm was not identified.

FINRA investigators also was found that Tischler completed, signed and submitted his firm’s annual compliance questionnaires without disclosing the loans from the customer, records show.