by wittenberglaw | Nov 29, 2012 | articles, Uncategorized
The Financial Fraud Research Center just released a study on fraud and the impact on victims of fraud. According to this study, tens of millions of adults fall victim to fraud, losing tens of billions of dollars annually. Estimates vary depending on what types of...
by wittenberglaw | Jun 23, 2011 | articles, press-release
Press Release: Banner 6 Months for Wittenberg Law For Immediate Release Date June 22, 2011 Contact Jeffrey Wittenberg, Esq. 877-352-2010 Wittenberg Law has had a banner first half of 2011. In January, Wittenberg Law achieved an excellent settlement in a commercial...
by wittenberglaw | Aug 17, 2010 | articles, press-release, w-law-blog
According to the Washington-based Investor Protection Trust, a nonprofit that promotes shareholder education, one out of five Americans over the age of 65 has been the victim of an investment scam. There are well over 35 million Americans over the age of 65, which...
by wittenberglaw | Aug 12, 2010 | articles
August 12, 2010 by Jeffrey Wittenberg, Esq. This morning, like virtually every morning for the last year, I woke up to a news report that the federal government has shut down a Ponzi scheme. Like many before it, this Ponzi scheme was a so-called “affinity” scam,...
by wittenberglaw | Apr 2, 2010 | articles, w-law-blog
On March 29, 2010, the Inspector General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report assessing the SEC’s bounty program (i.e., payments to whistleblowers). The report concludes that the bounty program has been virtually useless to date and...