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Explore this section to keep up to date with our news, articles, and current events. Featured: Read Debra Hayes as quoted in a Wall Street Journal Article on Morgan Keegan Securities Arbitration   [read more] Our articles are posted below: Click on a summary to view the full article. >>> July 28, 2009 SEC files charges in alleged $197 million mortgage fraud SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it has charged four individuals and a Phoenix-based company with securities fraud for raising more than $197 million from investors for an alleged mortgage-lending scheme. >>> July 23, 2009 NY broker trial focus is on failed ARS market NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the opening of one of the first fraud trials arising from the credit crunch, a U.S. prosecutor accused a former Credit Suisse Group AG broker of lying to clients about auction rate securities deals and the defense emphasized the collapse of the market. >>> July 22, 2009 Investors without a Lifeline By Gretchen Morgenson (NY Times) IT’S time again to revisit the auction-rate securities mess, a nightmare that began 18 months ago but that still hasn’t ended for some unfortunate investors. >>> July 21, 2009 SLCG Releases Schwab YieldPlus Report WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Securities Litigation and Consulting Group, Inc. ("SLCG") this morning released "Schwab YieldPlus Risk", a research report on the Schwab YieldPlus (SWYSX and SWYPX) ultra short bond fund. From June 2007 through June 2008, investors in YieldPlus lost 31.7% when other ultra short bond funds had little or no losses. Schwab had marketed YieldPlus as a low risk, higher yielding alternative to money market funds. >>> July 17, 2009 Madoff Accountant Friehling Waives Indictment, May Plead Guilty July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff’s accountant, David Friehling, agreed to waive an indictment, a signal that he may eventually plead guilty in a U.S. probe into the money manager’s multibillion-dollar fraud. >>> July 15, 2009 FINRA Investor News - July 9, 2009 Investor Alert: Municipal Bonds - Staying on the Safe Side of the Street in Rough Times >>> July 13, 2009 Bernie's Gang: Who's Next To Go Down? There are many questions unanswered in the wake of the sentence to jail of Bernie Madoff for 150 years, an appropriate eternity for such a scoundrel. For justice to be properly served, we must find out and prosecute those persons who played a role, any role, in the destruction of ordinary people's lives and wherewithal. >>> July 1, 2009 Madoff customers get $231 million so far: trustee NEW YORK (Reuters) - A total of $231 million has so far been committed to pay defrauded investors of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff, the group compensating his former customers said on Wednesday. View more articles: September 2010July 2010June 2010May 2010April 2010March 2010February 2010January 2010December 2009November 2009October 2009September 2009August 2009July 2009June 2009May 2009April 2009March 2009February 2009January 2009December 2008August 2008December 2007November 2007October 2007September 2007 Message: Security code:

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