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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

Dennis F. Wright

ReportedSep 30, 2014
LocationLewistown, PA
Amount$1,500,000

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Industry
Purported managed accounts (broker misappropriation)
How investors were recruited
Existing brokerage customers holding variable annuities and mutual funds, incl. friends and community members
Pitch & red flags
promised a managed account with "higher returns than their existing securities accounts"; fabricated statements showing appreciating balances

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

SEC official

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