Press Releases

Date Title/Description
 6/16/2008  THE OKLAHOMA SECURITIES COMMISSION IDENTIFIES TRAPS LIKELY TO BURN INVESTORS THIS SUMMER
 8/13/2007  OKLAHOMA SECURITIES COMMISSION OFFERS “FSI: FRAUD SCENE INVESTIGATOR” PROGRAM New Online Investor Education Program Teaches Students to Fight White-Collar Crime
 6/4/2007  Securities Administrator Suspends Legacy Wealth Management, LLC, and Jasper E. Biddy IV
 3/26/2007  Wilbanks Securities, Inc., Aaron Wilbanks, and Randall Wilbanks Sanctioned
 12/14/2006  DISTRICT JUDGE ISSUES ORDER AGAINST RAGLIN INDUSTRIES, LLC, PHILLIP LEVAUGHN RAGLIN AND JOSEPH DANIEL LAYNE
 11/20/2006  STATE REGULATOR INVESTIGATES RAGLIN INDUSTRIES INVESTMENT PROGRAM
 8/24/2005  Adrian Cooper Barred from Securities Industry
 4/13/2005  Securities Department Orders Pyramid Activity To Stop
 10/15/2004  STATE REGULATOR HALTS ACTIVITIES OF CRESCENT BASED INVESTMENT PROGRAM
 9/28/2004  State Regulator Investigates Advance Fee Loan Scheme
 6/22/2004  State Regulator Sues to Stop Gaming Machine Investment Scheme
 9/4/2003  Securities Department Warns Seniors to be on the Lookout for Investment Fraud and Launches "The Senior Investor Resource Center"
 4/30/2003  "Securities Department Distributes Fraud Awareness Quiz"
 3/18/2003  "War Warning"
 3/7/2003  "The Fraud of the Century"
 9/3/2002  Department of Securities halts sale of non-existent "Insurance Escrow Contracts"
 9/18/2001  Oklahoma Department of Securities warns of opportunistic investment scams following attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon
 8/28/2001  Investors get help in shopping for certificates of deposit -- Handy worksheet available from the Oklahoma Department of Securities --
 4/16/2001  Securities Regulators Warn About Fraudulent Foreign Bank Schemes, a/k/a Prime Bank Loan Schemes or International Trading Programs
 1/31/2001  Investment Scam Ordered to Cease and Desist
 1/2/2001  Illegal Pyramid Schemes Making the Rounds
 11/30/2000  Gifting Program Ordered to Cease and Desist
 8/11/2000  Federal and State Regulators File Coordinated Actions to Halt “Broadband Wireless” Stock Manipulation Scheme
 3/6/2000  State Securities Department Targets Florida and California Promoters of Business Opportunities
 2/29/2000  Legal Action Taken Against Christian Freedom Ministries
 12/28/1999  The Blessings Gift Activity Ordered to Cease and Desist
 12/27/1999  New Exams for Investment Advisers/Representatives Require Higher Level of Competency
 8/25/1999  Investigation Launched into "Guaranteed" Investments
 6/7/1999  Oklahoma Investment Advisers to Face New "Competency Exam"
 4/23/1999  Oklahoma Joins in Action Against Sellers of Laundry Detergent Substitutes Through Business Opportunity
 4/8/1999  Securities Department Takes Legal Action Against Sellers of Viaticals
 3/11/1999  Oklahoma Joins Feds in Crackdown on Internet Pyramid Schemes
 2/25/1999  Stock Market Investors Cautioned about Online Trading
 6/23/1998  Oklahoma Department of Securities Obtains Temporary Injunction and Appointment of Receiver for Admax International, Inc.
 8/5/1997  State Securities Department Targets Kansas Promoter of Business Opportunities Selling Trade-Named Toyes, Trinkets Oklahoma Action is Part of FTC/State Crackdown: Project Trade Name Games
 4/3/1997  Oklahoma Securities Department Bars Former Tulsa Stock Broker From Securities Industry
 2/7/1997  License Revocation Action Commenced Against Tulsa Investment Adviser
 9/9/1996  Administrator Investigates People Helping People Network Program
 5/29/1996  Department of Securities Files Actions Against Alleged Boiler Rooms Targeting Stock Investors