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Too Good to Be True: Recognizing Investment Fraud before It's Too Late
Marshall Romney
Copyright© 2011

Course: 8111043   Version 1107

NASBA Category:     Spec Knldg & Apps     CPE Credits 16
CTEC Credits: 16 Federal / 16 California
Level: Basic  (293 pages)
Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites.
Advance Preparation: None.



Course Description

Our desire to build wealth can often make us vulnerable to con artists and investment schemes. In this informative course, Romney identifies and explains common investment schemes using interesting examples and case studies. He offers excellent ideas for detecting fraud before your hard-earned cash—or your clients’—winds up in someone else’s pocket. This course takes an in-depth look at many different types of fraud, including:

• Ponzi schemes
• Advance fee fraud
• Prime bank and promissory note fraud
• Advisor, penny stock, and insider trading fraud
• Real estate fraud
• Affinity, check, and refund fraud
• Identity theft
 
 

Western CPE has been approved by the California Tax Education Council to offer Course Title (2071-CE-0163), which provides 16 hours of federal credit and 0 hours of state credit towards the annual “continuing education” requirement imposed by the State of California. A listing of additional requirements to register as a tax preparer may be obtained by contacting CTEC at P.O. Box 2890, Sacramento, CA, 95812-2890, toll-free by phone at (877) 850-2832, or on the Internet at www.ctec.org.


Table of Contents

Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Chapter 1
    • Explain the concept of investment fraud and identify its key characteristics.
    • List the basic types of investment fraud, and describe how the schemes are developed and how people are victimized by them.
    • Detect fraud and develop strategies to protect your own investments.
  • Chapter 2
    • Explain the key characteristics, history, and functionality of Ponzi and pyramid schemes.
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