08.7.10

Country Financial gets top ratings

Country Financial gets top ratings
Country Financial continued its record of exceptional financial strength by once again receiving top marks from Weiss Ratings.

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07.29.10

Ponte Vedra financial broker gets 100 months in Ponzi scheme

Ponte Vedra financial broker gets 100 months in Ponzi scheme
Armed with his clients’ trust and fueled by their money, disgraced Ponte Vedra Beach financial broker Michael Joseph Dimare launched a $3.5 million fraud scheme that has him serving eight years in federal prison. Dimare, 51, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan in Jacksonville. He pleaded guilty in February to tricking nearly two dozen people, half of them older …

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07.1.10

Financial bill gets patched up; Dems still need votes

Financial bill gets patched up; Dems still need votes
WASHINGTON (AP) – Despite a last-minute patch to secure his vote, Republican Sen. Scott Brown said Wednesday he needs more time to study a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations before committing his vote. read more

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06.26.10

Madison NJ financial adviser Robert McDowell gets 12 years for theft, arson

Madison NJ financial adviser Robert McDowell gets 12 years for theft, arson
A former financial adviser who says he is bipolar and a drug addict was given a 12-year prison sentence Friday for stealing $337,016 from three clients and setting fire to his Madison office last year.

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