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INVESTMENT SCAMS

Investment scams are the scourge of the Baby Booms. Among America’s wealthiest generation, they are woefully ill-prepared for their Golden Years. Most have no idea whether or not they have enough money to retire and, if they do, how to invest their money after they retire. Over the next two decades, Boomers will retire at the rate of 10,000 every 24 hours. And the phenomenal amount of wealth they hold is a target for unscrupulous brokers who are constantly inventing new investment scams.

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Consumer protection week activities beginmore

com, free fraud education and prevention videos are offered about identity theft, work-at-home scams, Internet fraud,...

Consumer financial issues belong in FTCmore

commission the additional authority and resources it needs to effectively protect consumers from predatory lending,...

Confiscated bling goes on the auction blockmore

cuffs. The baubles were seized as part of the investigations against two stock traders busted in separate,...

Gemini’s Edward Stein sentenced to 9 years for Ponzi Schememore

Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein announced that he would shorten hedge fund manager Edward T.

Submission of Wiretap Recordings Delayed in Galleon Group Casemore

Raj Rajaratnam faces criminal and civil charges in the Galleon Group insider trading case but won an emergency order on...

Time is money, so start saving earlymore

to risk: Higher risks usually mean higher returns and vice versa. This relates directly to the widely publicized...

Too many crooks spoil the company brothmore

quarter of all reported fraud in the December period. Internal bank fraud accounted for $49.3 million and investment...

Neil V. Moody and Christopher D. Moody charged in Massive Florida Hedg...more

The SEC has charged Neil V. Moody and his son, Christopher D. Moody, with securities fraud today. The Moodys allegedly...

Fortress Investment Group sues law firm connected to Dreier Ponzi sche...more

Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG), a global hedge fund and asset management firm, has filed a lawsuit against...

Coal for Christmas, SEC Freezes Accounts of Frenchmen for Sanofi-Avent...more

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has frozen the assets of Nicolas Patrick Benoit...

The week's 10 best Personal Finance storiesmore

warning that scammers are anxious to take advantage of that generosity. Use these tools to protect yourself from...

Depression-era star muckraker shapes Wall Street inquirymore

chief counsel in early 1933 at age 51. As a New York prosecutor, Pecora had shut down 150 investment scams.

Recession pushes white-collar crime to new highsmore

fraud at record highs in 2010, according to experts at KPMG. Hard times have driven more people to investment scams and...

FINRA Warns Investing Public of Green Energy Investment Scamsmore

claim to provide green energy, but we issued this Alert to remind investors to be vigilant about avoiding investment...

Ponzi cave-ins nearly quadrupled last yearmore

a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as...

NY-based Rockford Funding Group's Early-Stage Ponzi scheme haltedmore

The SEC has obtained a court order that halted a Ponzi scheme that raised over $11 million using a website and cold...

$75 Million Fraud: SEC Freezes assets of Canopy Financial Co-Foundermore

The SEC has filed fraud charges and obtained an asset freeze against Canopy Financial Inc. and Jeremy J.

Jay Nolan of Lodge Diversified charged with $6 Million Fraudmore

Jay Nolan, a futures trader from the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding...

SEC Halts Mantria's $30 Million "Green" Ponzi Schememore

The SEC has charged two companies and four individuals with involvement in a nationwide $30 million Ponzi scheme that...

Some of the nicest guys will take your moneymore

guy, too. -- Andrea Coombes, assistant personal finance editor Even after Madoff, investor scams abound If you thought...

Moody's won't cut Mexico rating "for now": reportmore

third of its staff as part of a restructuring related to the company’s upcoming spin-off... If you thought investment...

Microsoft sold more Windows 7 than other OS: WSJmore

third of its staff as part of a restructuring related to the company’s upcoming spin-off... If you thought investment...

Geithner: No plans to quitmore

third of its staff as part of a restructuring related to the company’s upcoming spin-off... If you thought investment...

Even after Madoff, investor scams aboundmore

the headlines, it might seem like an epidemic. No, we're not talking swine flu; we're talking investment scams.

CFO of Boston Provident Charged with Securities Fraudmore

The SEC charged Ezra Levy, former CFO of hedge fund manager Boston Provident LP, with securities fraud.

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