Getting Physicians' Help With Elder Fraud (USA)

Getting Physicians' Help With Elder Fraud

sEPTEMBER 22, 2009

U.S. state securities regulators could soon be turning to health-care professionals for help treating a growing problem: investment fraud against the elderly.

Denise Voigt Crawford, newly elected president of the North American Securities Administrators Association, or NASAA, helped launch a pilot program in Texas that enlists physicians and other health-care professionals in identifying and assisting seniors at risk of financial exploitation. She is Texas' securities commissioner.

"Am I going to promote a broader national reach for the program? You bet," said Voigt Crawford.

      SOURCE:    Wall Street Journal Online

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