Lance Jeffrey Ziesemer (CRD # 2342087, Registered Supervisor, Waconia, Minnesota) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for 20 business days. Without admitting or denying the findings, Ziesemer consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that, without permission or authorization from his member firm, he paid $29,000 to public customers in an attempt to prevent them from filing a complaint against him with his firm.