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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 8-Nov-2017

  How Do I Spot a Ponzi Scheme?

  It is estimated that investment fraud schemes are costing U.S. investors around $40 billion every year. Unsuspecting or inexperienced investors are the most susceptible to investment schemes, and many fall victim to investment fraud, losing hundreds ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 3-Nov-2017

  Understanding the Cost-Equity Ratio

  Investment fraud is a serious crime that can have devastating financial consequences for victims. Investigators and federal agencies use a variety of techniques to identify and stop investment fraud. One of these techniques is the cost-equity ratio. ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 30-Oct-2017

  Warning Signs of Account Churning

  Account churning is a form of investment fraud that occurs when a broker makes an inordinate number of trades in your account in order to garner more commissions for themselves. It is illegal and violates a number of laws and restrictions laid out by ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 18-Oct-2017

  Unsuitable Investments and Insurance Fraud

  Investment fraud has many different faces, including unsuitable investments. Financial planners and investment brokers are legally obligated to act in your best interest based on your circumstances and investment objectives. When they take big risks ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 15-Mar-2017

  Protecting Loved Ones from Fraud

  Elder Financial Fraud Attorneys in California If your elderly family member is still managing their own finances, you may have good reason to worry about their susceptibility to theft, scammers, and other forms of financial fraud. Older Americans are ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 21-Oct-2015

  What Is Churning and How Does It Affect Your Finances?

  According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), churning is defined as “excessive buying and selling of securities in a customer’s account to generate commissions that benefit the broker.” The broker has the ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 21-Oct-2015

  Investment Fraud: Watch for These 3 Red Flags

  If a deal sounds “too good to be true,” it more than likely is. Investment scammers are con artists. They charm and manipulate others, preying particularly on budding investors, often exerting their authority or power to sway another to ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 11-Sep-2015

  What To Know About Introducing Broker Dealers

  Is your securities account held at an “Introducing Broker Dealer?” If it is, there are a few things you should know about your investment. In the securities industry, “introducing broker dealers” and “introducing ...

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• Posted By Wall Street Journal 29-Jul-2015

  BLG Secures $5.5 Million FINRA Award

  NEW YORK—55 investors have been awarded $5.5 million by an arbitration panel, to be paid by NDX Trading Inc. and TradeRight Securities Inc. (now inactive). The investors claimed that the broker-dealer based in Minneapolis used their mutual fund ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 28-Jul-2015

  PONZI SCHEMES

  Baldwin Law Group (now Baldwin Mader Law Group) has extensive expertise in bringing actions on behalf of investors who have been the victims of Ponzi Schemes. A Ponzi Scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors out of ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 28-Jul-2015

  AUCTION RATE SECURITIES

  Baldwin Law Group (now Baldwin Mader Law Group) is currently handling a number of cases involving auction rate securities (“ARS”) on behalf of individual investors who were falsely told by broker–dealer registered representatives ...

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• Posted By Baldwin Mader Law Group 28-Jul-2015

  ENTERPRISE TRUST CO

  Baldwin Law Group (now Baldwin Mader Law Group) routinely works with elder Clients regarding cases of financial elder abuse. In the past year we have been involved in investigating Enterprise Trust concerning potential fraud and financial elder abuse ...

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