You should have posted the full report. It turns out that Hawkins was not the "mastermind" of a pinksheet company's fraud.
Hawkins was hired by a broker as an "un-licensed assistant." This was because Hawkins had no previous experience in the finance industry. So when his boss, Joe Damm, registered to become an MM for Ontario pinksheet stocks, Hawkins continued to act as his assistant. During this time, some illegal trades were executed by Damm and Hawkins for a company trading on the Ontario pinksheets. Hawkins claims that in hindsight, he should have seen red flags in what he was being asked to do, but at the time didn't know enough about the regulations to know any better.
While I believe Hawkins probably suspected that what he was being asked to do was not entirely customary procedure, I do believe that given his complete lack of experience in this industry it would be easy to make mistakes.
Additionally, pending the result of this settlement, Hawkins securities license has been revoked, virtually ending his young career in the finance field. This made it impossible for him to get a finance-related job since the incident.
Would that be incentive to commit fraud again? I would guess probably not.
Finally, Hawkins' inexperience in the finance sector does not speak to his ability to conduct a geological report.