By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 30, 2009 | Bad Products & Services, Report Fraud

Criminals masquerade as financial advisors to sell illegal investment products. They use personalities, sales skills, and the names of legitimate companies to convince you to buy what they are selling. You can protect yourself from their predatory sales tactics by demanding proof they are licensed to sell investment products or advice.
Step one is to obtain [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 30, 2009 | Ponzi Schemes, The Regulators

Bernie Madoff’s company was an SEC registered investment advisory firm when he voluntarily admitted he was running an illegal Ponzi scheme. He was not caught by a regulatory agency. In fact, being a regulated company may have helped him rip-off investors. They assumed he was legitimate because he was registered.
Why do so many bad [...]

By: Daniel ChencloseAuthor: Daniel Chen Name: Daniel Chen
Member: Member Paladin
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Email: dcstrategies@yahoo.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com/external/beaninformedinvestor/advisor_profile.php?advisor_id=1893
About: Dan's specialty is delivered by his Wealth Management Practice with a core competency in Fianancial Planning. The ability to deliver services for a fee eliminates the potential conflicts of interest created by the commission only type of aproach. He maintaines his office in Ocean N.J. however serves a clientel base from coast to coast. Dan believes that the basis for a great life is planning for it. Dan offers a no obligation meeting to decide if his services are appropriate for your needs.See Authors Posts (10) | August 28, 2009 | Investor Information

If you’re age 50 or older, you should take special care when buying living trusts. Your age group is often a special target of salespersons whose goal is to sell you something without carefully analyzing your needs.
It’s easy enough to become a victim. Living trust sales are a growing area of consumer fraud. Con artists [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 27, 2009 | Bad Products & Services, Ponzi Schemes

Frank Castaldi, Prospect Heights, IL, pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi Scheme for more than 20 years. More than 450 investors lost more than $77,000,000 in this fraudulent investment scam.
Castaldi convinced investors to invest in six month promissory notes that had yields of 10% to 15% and little or no risk. He also represented he [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 27, 2009 | Investor Information

As the prospect of future inflation raises its ugly head, some investors may be turning to precious metals as a way to protect the purchasing power of their money.
Beware of slick sales representatives who want to sell you gold bullion and then offer to store it for you in super-secure vaults. They may even offer [...]

By: Jack WaymirecloseAuthor: Jack Waymire Name: Jack Waymire
Email: jack@paladinregistry.com
Site: http://paladinregistry.com
About: Jack writes for the InvestorWatchdog website and Worth magazine. He worked in the financial services industry from 1976 to 2004. For twenty of those years he was the president of a Registered Investment Advisory firm and a Broker/Dealer. Jack is the author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor and is a co-founder of PaladinRegistry.com.See Authors Posts (87) | August 27, 2009 | Illegal Schemes & Scams, Ponzi Schemes

As follow-up to a previous blog post James Davis, the former Chief Financial Officer at Stanford Financial Group, pleaded guilty to investment fraud and obstruction of justice charges. Davis said he and his co-conspirators defrauded thousands of investors when they sold them $7 billion of CDs that were issued by the Antiqua-based Stanford International Bank. [...]