{"id":2696,"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/5-tips-preventing-discovering-stockbroker-investment-fraud\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:38:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:38:26","slug":"5-tips-preventing-discovering-stockbroker-investment-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/5-tips-preventing-discovering-stockbroker-investment-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips for Preventing and Discovering Stockbroker and Investment Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5-Tips-for-Preventing-and-Discovering-Stockbroker-and-Investment-Fraud.jpg\" alt=\"5 Tips for Preventing and Discovering Stockbroker and Investment Fraud on silverlaw.com\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5-Tips-for-Preventing-and-Discovering-Stockbroker-and-Investment-Fraud.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5-Tips-for-Preventing-and-Discovering-Stockbroker-and-Investment-Fraud-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5-Tips-for-Preventing-and-Discovering-Stockbroker-and-Investment-Fraud-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/5-Tips-for-Preventing-and-Discovering-Stockbroker-and-Investment-Fraud-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Frauds can go undetected for years, so what can investors do to prevent, identify, and address this growing issue?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a financial environment where a uniform fiduciary standard for brokers doesn\u2019t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/article\/20151123\/FREE\/151129982\/secs-fiduciary-standard-expected-in-october-2016\"  target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yet exist<\/span><\/a>, it pays for clients to be constantly vigilant for signs of stockbroker and investment fraud. Even when brokers are legally required to act in your best interest, it is still in your best interest to confirm that they are. Sometimes it can take years to detect a problem, so what can you do to spot fraud? How can you confirm that a fraud has occurred? And what do you do when the worst has happened to you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Choose the right broker<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/5-tips-preventing-discovering-stockbroker-investment-fraud\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 5 Tips for Preventing and Discovering Stockbroker and Investment Fraud\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frauds can go undetected for years, so what can investors do to prevent, identify, and address this growing issue? In a financial environment where a uniform fiduciary standard for brokers doesn\u2019t yet exist, it pays for clients to be constantly vigilant for signs of stockbroker and investment fraud. Even when brokers are legally required to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[595],"tags":[1118,288],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investment-fraud","tag-investment-fraud","tag-stockbroker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Tips for Preventing and Discovering Stockbroker and Investment Fraud &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; September 2, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the new article 5 Tips for Preventing and Discovering Stockbroker and Investment Fraud on silverlaw.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/5-tips-preventing-discovering-stockbroker-investment-fraud\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"5 Tips for Preventing and Discovering Stockbroker and Investment Fraud &#8212; 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