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Regrettably the lure of illicit profit attained by fraud from someone else’s investment has made securities not secure for most investors. A securities fraud attorney is often called upon to recoup as far as possible from the perpetrator of securities fraud for the victim of the fraud. Additionally, securities fraud is a serious enough offense to warrant both civil and criminal punishments.

Securities and investments are helpful for many who need to save their money and watch it grow into a good amount that will benefit them or their family members who might need the money.

Simply, “securities” include making investments in stocks and bonds. Stocks are the shares or the percentage that a person owns in a company’s assets or profits. Bonds are the amount of money that investors loan to organizations that issue bonds or to companies. There usually is an agreement between the bond investor and the company receiving the bond money that the company will give back the money to the investor after a specified time with interest.

The purpose of securities fraud is to make investors buy securities through distorting information or concealing some of it to meet the requirements of the perpetrators of fraud. The perpetrator can be an individual or a corporate entity. Financial markets react to and succeed due to various kinds of information.

Based on the regulations passed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), securities fraud includes many things including insider trading, accounting fraud and misrepresentation. Insider trading is trading securities using information that the public does not know about. Accounting fraud on the other hand will involve keeping books that contain incorrect information or presenting investors with the wrong information. Misrepresentation involves giving false information about a certain company, or the securities it provides to investors.

The SEC mainly works to ensure that investors are confident about putting their money in securities by providing them with information concerning securities and companies they can invest with. The SEC also supervises the securities market and investigates the happenings in markets that do not look like the common ones. This organization’s foundation rests on the Securities Act passed in 1933 and on the Securities Exchange Act passed in 1934. The information in these statues influences the operation of the SEC in our day.

If one sells or exchanges securities one must conduct their business with integrity and justness. Such business relationships are built upon trust. Any client or customer must be able to rely on reliable information always.

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A wake up call to all Americans from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) – (formerly the “General Accounting Office”). GAO.gov (since its over 10 min, i had to remove a few scenes in start to upload it) Also do read this from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July 2006, 88(4), pp. 235-49: “Is the United States Bankrupt?” research.stlouisfed.org “This paper explores these views from both partial and general equilibrium perspectives. It concludes that countries can go broke …

Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Scams – Documentary Video We Stop Foreclosure Rescue Scams (2008) by Kyra Olds This is a documentary about mortgage foreclosure rescue scams that are occurring across the country in light of the growing foreclosures. The movie describes common scam tactics and how distressed homeowners fall for these scams. The movie concludes with what lawyers can do to challenge these scams in court and the Washington State Legislature’s response to try to to stop these scams by …