Seniors

The SEC's complaint alleged that Vaccarelli defrauded at least nine investors, several of whom were elderly, of over $1,000,000. Instead of investing the customers' funds ...

Financial regulators are actively encouraging investment advisers and broker-dealers to train their employees on how best to detect and report suspected senior financial exploitation. On ...

Lindell obtained unauthorized control over funds designated for the purchases of securities by his client and diverted the funds to his personal use and/or ...

Come July, Richard Cody will report to federal prison to begin serving a two-year sentence for investment adviser fraud. But his elderly victims will never ...

This Fact Sheet from the SEC, FINRA and NASAA provides general information regarding the Senior Safe Act with the goal of educating financial institutions and ...

When a client asked Michael Giokas if he could record their phone conversation, the owner/CCO of Giokas Wealth Advisors in Clarence, N.Y., had no idea ...

If you’re having difficulty making the case for sufficient resources for your firm’s compliance program, you may want to consider laying the latest speech from ...

From approximately 2009 through March 2011, Gierten misappropriated a total of $39,000 from one of his clients, who was an elderly military veteran. Gierten did ...

To create an interdivisional taskforce at the Securities and Exchange Commission for senior investors.

This OCIE exam letter features questions aimed at how the adviser handles its senior clients. It also showcases an example of a trade blotter that ...