December 13, 2007 – Written testimony of North Dakota Securities Commissioner, and NASAA President Karen Tyler, delivered to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, regarding protecting investors during the holiday season.

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2007) – The North American Securities Administrators Association today released its annual forecast of the Top 10 Traps likely to ensnare investors. “The path to safe investing is littered with traps that are likely to catch unwary investors. It always pays to remember that any investment that sounds too good to be […]

Widmann: “If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is”  WASHINGTON (March 24, 2005) – The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today identified the most common ploys being used to cheat investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. “Investors should keep their guard up anytime anyone offers an investment opportunity. It […]

Low interest rates, distrust of government, Internet fuel billions in losses; Bogus schemes likened to Wall Street’s “X-Files,” called “Fraud of the Century.” WASHINGTON (January 17, 2002) – With low interest rates and volatile equity markets causing Americans to rethink their investment strategies, state securities regulators warned Thursday that losses from “prime bank” scams – […]

WASHINGTON—Squeezed by rising medical costs and lower returns on income-generating investments, seniors are increasingly turning to the Internet for alternative investment opportunities and are more vulnerable than ever to online investment scams, a representative of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) told a Senate committee today. “With the Internet becoming a common part of […]

March 23, 2004 – Testimony of Tanya Solov
Illinois Securities Director and NASAA Broker-Dealer Section Chair
Before the Special Committee on Aging United States Senate