The Ponzi Scheme Blog: Ponzi-Proof Your Investments

Kathy Bazoian Phelps
Senior Counsel in Ponzi Scheme Litigation
and Bankruptcy Matters

Kathy is a senior business trial attorney with more than 30 years experience prosecuting and defending claims for high net worth clients involved in Ponzi scheme matters and in bankruptcy proceedings. Kathy’s practice includes recovering assets for clients in complex fraud cases under standard fee and alternative fee arrangements. She also handles SEC and CFTC whistleblower claims. Kathy also serves as a mediator in bankruptcy matters, in complex business disputes, and in matters requiring detailed knowledge about fraud or Ponzi schemes.

Kathy’s Clients in Ponzi Scheme Cases and Bankruptcy Matters
Equity Receivers
Bankruptcy Trustees
High Net Worth Investors
Whistleblowers
Debtors in Bankruptcy
Secured and Unsecured Creditors

Monday, August 11, 2014

Ponzi-Proof Your Investments

Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps

The roundup of Ponzi scheme news posted here each month highlights how pervasive Ponzi schemes have become and the enormous loss that are suffered by victims.

It is not the investors’ fault that they get enticed to part with their retirement savings or other hard-earned assets. Still, investors can and should do more to protect themselves. They can arm themselves with specific techniques and question to ask in fighting against the lure of the perpetrators’ convincing sales pitches and promises. It takes more than mere trust to properly and fully vet an investment opportunity.

At the risk of sounding like a promoter, I want to let you know that on August 13, 2014, the Kindle version of my book, Ponzi-Proof Your Investments: An Investor’s Guide to Avoiding Ponzi Schemes and Other Fraudulent Scams, will be on sale for $.99 on Amazon. “One day only.” “Buy now.” “It’s a deal too good to pass up.”

Also, feel free to listen in to Women’s Radio Network on August 13, 2014 at 1:12 p.m. PDT to hear me talk about the book and the importance of due diligence in shifting the balance of power from the perpetrator to the investor. You can listen live at: http://www.wrnw1.com/.

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Kathy has significant experience with the issues arising in Ponzi scheme cases, and in tracing and recovering assets in complex fraud cases. She has represented all types of parties in Ponzi scheme cases, including investors, defendants in litigation, trustees, and receivers. She has extensive litigation experience in a wide variety of bankruptcy litigation matters, representing operating and liquidating trustees, debtors, and secured and unsecured creditors. Kathy also serves as a mediator in bankruptcy matters, in other complex disputes, and in other matters requiring an expert on fraud or Ponzi schemes.

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