ADVISORY/California Department of Corporations to Showcase Nationally Acclaimed Senior Fraud Prevention Program at NASAA Spring Conference.

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ADVISORY...for Monday (April 19)

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2004

The California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Department of Corporations will showcase its nationally acclaimed ac·claim
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1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise.

2. SAIF (Seniors Against Investment Fraud) program to state securities regulators and representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday at the North American Securities Administrators Association The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), founded in Kansas in 1919, is the oldest international investor protection organization. NASAA was created to protect consumers who purchase securities or investment advice, and their jurisdiction extends to a (NASAA NASAA

See North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). ) 2004 spring conference. SAIF administrator Robyn Goodman Goodman was a polite term of address, used where Mister (Mr.) would be used today. Compare Goodwife.

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will give a presentation on the successes of California's program and how other states can implement similar programs to educate their seniors about preventing investment fraud.



    WHO:   Robyn Goodman, SAIF (Seniors Against Investment Fraud)
           Administrator

    WHAT:  California Department of Corporations' presentation of
           SAIF program to state securities administrators and
           representatives from the Securities and Exchange
           Commission at the North American Securities Administrators
           (NASAA) 2004 spring conference

    WHERE: Fairmont Washington Hotel
           2401 M Street, NW Washington DC

    WHEN:  Monday, April 19, 2004 at 1:00 p.m.

The Department of Corporations is California's Investment and Financing Authority, reporting to the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and the Governor. The Department is responsible for the regulation, enforcement and licensing of securities, franchises, off-exchange commodities, investment and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , independent escrows, consumer and commercial finance lending and residential mortgage lending. For further information or to obtain a complaint form, see the Department's Web site at www.corp.ca.gov or call 1-866-ASK-CORP (1-866-275-2677).

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