{"id":2985,"date":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/sec-warns-of-financial-professionals-making-false-claims\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:42:00","slug":"sec-warns-of-financial-professionals-making-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/sec-warns-of-financial-professionals-making-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors Beware: SEC Warns of Financial Professionals Making False Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/silver.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/silver-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Financial Professionals Making False Claims\" width=\"451\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/silver-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/silver-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Tips on how how to be alert so you do not fall victim to an investment scheme.<\/h2>\n<p>The old adage \u201cdon\u2019t believe everything you hear or read\u201d rings true in the case of a recent Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Alert. This particular alert warns investors about financial professionals that may misrepresent their backgrounds and professional experience to lure investors into investment schemes.<\/p>\n<h3>Fraudulent Information Abounds<\/h3>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/sec-warns-of-financial-professionals-making-false-claims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Investors Beware: SEC Warns of Financial Professionals Making False Claims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips on how how to be alert so you do not fall victim to an investment scheme. The old adage \u201cdon\u2019t believe everything you hear or read\u201d rings true in the case of a recent Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Alert. This particular alert warns investors about financial professionals that may misrepresent their backgrounds and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593,603],"tags":[514,1118,315,280],"class_list":["post-2985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponzi-schemes","category-sec-investor-tips","tag-how-to-be-alert-so-you-do-not-fall-victim-to-an-investment-scheme","tag-investment-fraud","tag-securities-fraud","tag-unsuitable-investment-advice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Investors Beware: SEC Warns of Financial Professionals Making False Claims &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; July 23, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Investment schemes are all around us and the SEC warns of financial professionals making false claims.\" \/>\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\/sec-warns-of-financial-professionals-making-false-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Investors Beware: SEC Warns of Financial Professionals Making False Claims &#8212; 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