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News Release: 2000
- 12/04/00 — NR 00-16: California Leads Multi-State Private Pay Phone Investment Sweep - Thousands of Trusting Investors Get a Wrong Number
- 10/10/00 — NR 00-15: New Law Clarifies State Authority over "Viatical Investments" Investments in "Death Futures" Among Top-Ten State Scams
- 10/02/00 — NR 00-14: Court Approves Restitution Plan in Orange County CD Scam - Investors May Get up to 88% Refund in CD Services, Inc. Case
- 09/13/00 — NR 00-13: California Escrow Law Protects Online Consumers - Sweep of Online Escrow Companies Shows Risks
- 08/15/00 — NR 00-12: Defendants Sentenced in Metropolis Premiere Entertainment Investment Scam - Bench Warrant Issued for Fugitive Defendant who Fled to Germany
- 06/20/00 — NR 00-11: Department of Corporations Files Internet Market Manipulation Action
- 06/16/00 — NR 00-10: Consumer Tips for Online Investors - State Regulator Issues Top-Ten Guidelines
- 06/01/00 — NR 00-09: California Leads Securities Regulators Crackdown on Promissory Note Fraud - 28 States and the SEC join in note scam sweep
- 05/23/00 — NR 00-08: Department of Corporations Issues Year 2000 Enforcement Priorities - Top Ten Investment Scams Updated
- 05/12/00 — NR 00-07: Department of Corporations Takes Enforcement Action Against Kaiser Health Plan
- 04/19/00 — NR 00-06: Department of Corporations Issues Warning About Margin Trading - Trading with other people's money "magnifies risk"
- 03/22/00 — NR 00-05: State Announces Crackdown on Foreign Currency Scams - "Opportunity of a Lifetime" Evaporates into Thin Air
- 03/17/00 — NR 00-04: State Seeks Sanctions Against Bay Area Municipal Bond Broker - "Blatant" Violations of Prior Settlement Agreement Charged
- 03/03/00 — NR 00-03: State Takes Over Los Angeles County Investment Adviser - "Commingled" Fund Accounts Show Client Losses of 60 Percent
- 03/02/00 — NR 00-02: Art Imitates Life in New Movie "Boiler Room" - Department of Corporations Urges Investors to Educate Themselves; Become Fraud Fighters Instead of Fraud Victims
- 03/01/00 — NR 00-01: Department of Corporations Sues Major Marketer of Promissory Notes in Central Valley