<prompt> Human: Im about to take my series 7 and I definitely will pass this test. Right after the test I have a part-time job lined up to work at an unnamed full service stock brokerage firm while I go to school full time until May of next year. I want this job as a life-long career and Im only nineteen but being aware of all the penalties and easy tricks that one like me can fall into, being a part of this business is very scary.The big problem here is that my girlfriend whom I started dating June 25th has a step-father that she lives with and he used to be a stock broker like me extremely funny coincidence as I had no idea her father did this work until I met him after her and I started dating.So my girlfriends father and I were talking about the business and he mentioned how he moved from shady penny-stock firm to the next trying to keep his hands clean. Unfortunately he worked at and was fired from the EXACT SAME FIRM I WORK AT NOW. How crazy of a coincidence is that?Well during Thai mothers day at dinner we were having with my girlfriend and her parents where he mentioned to me that he was fired from the firm that I work at now. The ones who had the power to do that figured if they could fire him and take his account book and all the big dollar clients that went with it upwards of 25 million in client assets. He said to me though that if I pass my series 7 exam he will give me as many clients as he saved from that event while we split the commissions that I receive from their transactions. At the time I realized that this was both an amazing opportunity and this would kick-start my career so fast but Im realizing that commission sharing with someone who may not be registered anymore is actually prohibited and we could probably both go to jail or receive heavy fines.So I ask the question, can I receive split commissions with my girlfriends step-father if he is unregistered as a stock broker and if not can I find a mutual solution to this problem? P.S. my firm knows this man yet they do not know that I know him or that I have someone willing to give me clients. To them, Im just someone that can work really well. Also once I get licensed my firm wants to split any accounts I get instead of them receiving them all which seems like a good deal but a high number 30.  <response>: Sounds shady to me. PRO TIP... dont... just dont. Youre young and dumb and hes clearly trying to take advantage. 