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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 422747" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi all,</p><p>wouldn't you know, the day b4 my FINRA hearing, difficult child has the day off from school. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>Background: I used the broker that husband and I had known for 10 yrs, to consolodate P's assets (they were all over the U.S. and England) and make a plan for her care. I got snagged into investing into a fraudulant bond and lost several thousand dollars of P's money. I filed with-FINRA, which is a step down from the SEC. I filed against the owner and two brokers. </p><p>One of the brokers settled with-me out of court.</p><p>The owner has declared bankruptcy and is on hold.</p><p>The 3rd guy's atty almost settled with-me but at the last min., I discovered more info and refused to sign. He called for an emergency hearing to force the settlement and it was denied.</p><p>So we move forward tomorrow.</p><p>The arbitrator sent a fax saying that he would discuss the settlement with-us tomorrow. I'm guessing he's going to throw it out because the atty did not follow proper procedures (like notifying me! until it was too late).</p><p>I am now making copies of all of the newspaper clippings on this firm (a doz or so with-big, color photos), copies of P's photo so the arbitrator can see that this firm cheated an elderly woman out of her $ that was supposed to be totally liquid and totally safe, and copies of the actual form I filled out, which, in fact, I never filled out--it was done in the 3rd guy's handwriting.</p><p>I feel safe in my arguments, and rec'd help from a student and professor at Howard Univ. and can bring those notes with-me to the hearing.</p><p>Still, I've never faced an atty at a hearing b4, and I am my own atty. He's going to try to eat me alive by saying I shouldn't have signed it to begin with.</p><p>D*mn right I shouldn't have. But I trusted the owner of the firm and had had our own investments with-him for 10 yrs. How was I to know that this was a Ponzi scheme? It was totally based on trust. </p><p>I. Am. Breathing. Deeply.</p><p> </p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bath.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bath:" title="bath :bath:" data-shortname=":bath:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 422747, member: 3419"] Hi all, wouldn't you know, the day b4 my FINRA hearing, difficult child has the day off from school. :( Background: I used the broker that husband and I had known for 10 yrs, to consolodate P's assets (they were all over the U.S. and England) and make a plan for her care. I got snagged into investing into a fraudulant bond and lost several thousand dollars of P's money. I filed with-FINRA, which is a step down from the SEC. I filed against the owner and two brokers. One of the brokers settled with-me out of court. The owner has declared bankruptcy and is on hold. The 3rd guy's atty almost settled with-me but at the last min., I discovered more info and refused to sign. He called for an emergency hearing to force the settlement and it was denied. So we move forward tomorrow. The arbitrator sent a fax saying that he would discuss the settlement with-us tomorrow. I'm guessing he's going to throw it out because the atty did not follow proper procedures (like notifying me! until it was too late). I am now making copies of all of the newspaper clippings on this firm (a doz or so with-big, color photos), copies of P's photo so the arbitrator can see that this firm cheated an elderly woman out of her $ that was supposed to be totally liquid and totally safe, and copies of the actual form I filled out, which, in fact, I never filled out--it was done in the 3rd guy's handwriting. I feel safe in my arguments, and rec'd help from a student and professor at Howard Univ. and can bring those notes with-me to the hearing. Still, I've never faced an atty at a hearing b4, and I am my own atty. He's going to try to eat me alive by saying I shouldn't have signed it to begin with. D*mn right I shouldn't have. But I trusted the owner of the firm and had had our own investments with-him for 10 yrs. How was I to know that this was a Ponzi scheme? It was totally based on trust. I. Am. Breathing. Deeply. :bath: [/QUOTE]
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