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	<title>Investor Watchdog - Finance Education &#187; Report Fraud</title>
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		<title>Advisor Admits Fraud-Employed at a Trusted Wall Street Firm!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Chen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Financial Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report Fraud]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.investorwatchdog.com/?p=3377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This type of action continues to show all of us that the responsibility of qualifying a competent and trusted Advisor to work with still resides with the individual. The investor needs to educate themselves on how to decide on what type of advisor to work with. Investors need to ask questions, review certifications, review investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investment Advisor and Product Registrations</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/investment-advisor-and-product-registrations</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Products & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment scams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Investment Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/hidden-investment-fees</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Financial Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Advisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report Fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent visitor to the Watchdog blog site reported a&#160;fraudulent way an investment advisory firm ripped her off&#160;for decades simply because she was too trusting.
Cathy&#160;and her former husband used the services of this firm for 25 years and she continued to use them&#160;for 12 years after her divorce. After all this time, Cathy decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New SEC Proposals to Protect Investors Assets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Illegal Schemes & Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Regulators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who Can I Trust?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff Scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment protection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Madoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, the SEC is proposing a rule that would require investment advisers to provide evidence to an independent accountant proving they actually possess their clients&#8217; assets they say they have.&#160; The rule aims to better protect the invested dollars of those who use investment advisers.
Regulators are concerned that it is too easy to cover up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Shocking Case of Investor Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/a-shocking-case-of-investor-fraud</link>
		<comments>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/a-shocking-case-of-investor-fraud#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Financial Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Advisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illegal Schemes & Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report Fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summarized in a recent FA News (May 08, 2009) article, FINRA: Broker Deceived 64-Year-Old Nun, a financial adviser affiliated with a well-recognized financial institution swindled a 64-year-old nun, an elderly couple, and a retired widow out of huge sums of money. Besides being a truly despicable piece, it goes to show you that just because (or especially because) an adviser is affiliated with a household name, investors should not assume that he will be honest and act with ethical integrity.]]></description>
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