Investor Fraud Summit: Miami, October 12, 2012
A Southeastern Regional Investor Fraud Summit will be held at Miami Dade College on Friday, October 12, 2012. Recent investment fraud prosecutions, fraud trends, fraud prevention, and testimony from investment fraud victims will be featured topics.
The Miami Investor Fraud Summit, one of several scheduled across the country, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with participation by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.
The FBI reports an unprecedented rise in investment fraud schemes, involving thousands of victims and staggering losses. Since 2011, the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and 85 U.S. Attorneys’ offices have reported that approximately 800 defendants have been charged, tried, pleaded or sentenced in approximately 500 federal prosecutions involving investor fraud. The total reported amount cheated from victims for this time period tops more than $20 billion. This staggering number includes cases where the total amount victims lost range from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions, and, in some cases, billions in hard-earned savings.
Fraud avoidance is a goal of the seminars, which are designed to protect investors from losses due to fraud. In addition to the SEC, FINRA and the Department of Justice, participating agencies include the FBI, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Bankruptcy Trustees, AARP and the Better Business Bureau.
Miami Investor Fraud Summit Time and Location
Miami Dade College
Chapman Conference Center
245 N.E. Fourth Street, Bldg. 3, Room 3210
Miami, FL 33132
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
Friday, October 12, 2012
Admission is FREE to the Public
Register by phone at 305-416-6211
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer will host the summit that will feature Attorney General Eric Holder. They will be joined by U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Robert O’Neill, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Pamela Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama Joyce Vance, Director of the SEC’s Miami Regional Office Eric Bustillo and other agency representatives.
Fort Lauderdale Securities Litigation and Arbitration Attorney
Contact Fort Lauderdale securities litigation and arbitration attorney Howard N. Kahn, Esq. if you or someone you know has a securities or broker dispute. He is an experienced securities litigation and arbitration attorney, and is available to assist individual investors, brokers, and brokerage firms involved in securities matters. You can reach him at 954-321-0176 or online.