Category: Investment Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Arbitrator Awards $19 Million To Victim Of Fraud And Financial Elder Abuse Allegations of Forgeries And Unauthorized Stock Purchases  FINRA Finds Fraud And Elder Financial Abuse Financial elder abuse can strike anyone but when the wealthy are victims, the stories of what happened to them receive national attention.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Carriers Pay Large Commissions On Annuity Sales High-Pressure Sales Tactics And Anxiety About The Economy Dangers In Replacing Existing Contracts Financial advisors and insurance agents often capitalize on the anxiety older persons have about the economy and whether they will have enough money to live on in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Churchgoers Swindled Out Of Millions Older Church Members Encouraged To Cash Out Other Investments  $3.5 Million Taken In Scheme Financial elder abuse can come from different actors and from different directions.  Sometimes, the predator is an individual in whom the victims have a great amount of trust, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Free Lunch Seminars and Ads Push “Financial Strategies” If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Usually Is Take Your Time and Do Your Homework Older adults are too often the targets of annuity salespeople intent on earning a sales commission.  Sales tactics include free lunch or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Foreign Exchange Options Trading Fraud Commodity Futures Trading Commission Polices FX Options CFTC Announces $7 Million Civil Penalty For FX Trading Fraud The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices the options trading markets in the U.S., including the market for foreign exchange options, also known as FX […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Offers Important Suggestions For Senior Investors Know The Investment Professional Or Salesman You Deal With Ask Questions And Never Be Rushed Into Decisions The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in recent years has focused considerable enforcement efforts on financial elder abuse and fraudulent investment schemes aimed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Polices Bitcoin Trading Enforcement Action Charges Broker With False Representations  Customers Lose $7.4 Million In Bitcoin Investments On October 2, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered a broker to pay $7.4 million[1] in restitution to two investors for making fraudulent representations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Reporting Domestic And Offshore Securities Fraud On June 4, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Blowing The Whistle On Fraud CFTC Announces Large Whistleblower Award The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rewards individuals who provide original information to the CFTC about fraudulent trading schemes in futures, options, foreign currency, virtual currency and commodities like […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wants Whistleblower Help Individuals May Submit Reward Claims Information Can Lead To Investigation Even If Not Exact The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on January 27 that it settled fraud allegations against a commodity pool operator and its CEO for over $10 […]