Investor Fraud

Investor fraud occurs when investors buy or sell securities based on false information.  Many investor fraud cases have made the news in recent months.  This practice can result in significant losses, and it violates securities laws.

Examples of investor fraud

Here is a small sampling of the types of investor fraud prevalent today:

• Insider trading occurs when people with internal knowledge of an upcoming event or situation within an organization buy or sell large amounts of securities.
• Corporate fraud involves misconduct by a company, potentially to the extent that investors and even employees participating in company stock plans suffer large losses.
• Internet fraud involves a criminal who shares false company information in chat rooms and other Internet forums, creating a sudden and dramatic change in stock prices.
• Accountant fraud generally involves accountants misrepresenting earnings, losses, assets, and other financial indicators to affect the stock price and investor response.
• Ponzi schemes pay returns to investors from their own money, driving others to invest.  Since there are no real earnings, eventually these schemes collapse on their own or as a result of discovery by authorities.

Investor fraud is estimated to cause tens of billions in losses every year, and such incidents are rising at an alarming rate.

What Lear Werts LLP can do for you

If you have suffered financial losses that you believe were the result of investor fraud, you need attorneys skilled in dealing with the intricacies of financial dealings.  The attorneys at Lear Werts know that proving investor fraud can be resource-intensive and expensive, since criminals know how to conceal assets through money laundering and other means.  We will thoroughly investigate your situation to uncover the evidence needed to recover your losses.

Call Lear Werts LLP for a free initial consultation

If you believe you have been the victim of investor fraud, contact the insurance litigation lawyers of Lear Werts today at 573-875-1991 (or toll free 877-875-1991), or contact us online to arrange for a complementary consultation about your case.