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- Commodities Futures Trading Commission - CFTC website includes law, rules, and other information about commodities futures and trading.
www.cftc.gov
- Crimes of Persuasion - Explaining how people are victimized through telemarketing fraud, investment schemes and consumer scams.
www.crimes-of-persuasion.com
- FBI Field Offices - Directory of local FBI offices, which have jurisdiction to investigate frauds that violate federal law
www.fbi.gov:80/contact/fo/fo.htm
- Federal Trade Commission - The FTC site includes law and rules on consumer protection and anti-trust.
www.ftc.gov
- FTC: Consumer Protection - Information on scams and fraud in consumer areas such as e-commerce, telemarketing, investments, etc.
www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
- Inspection Service Consumer Fraud - U.S. Postal Inspection service information about consumer fraud.
www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/consmenu.htm
- Making a Federal Case of Identity Theft - This July 2001 article, by a senior U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor, discusses the ways that identity theft can be committed and what the Justice Department is doing to combat it.
www.usdoj.gov:80/criminal/fraud/fedcase_idtheft.html
- NASD Regulation - Rules of broker conduct. Information concerning complaints and arbitration of disputes.
www.nasdr.com
- National Check Fraud Center - Providing check fraud information and soliciting reports from victims of check fraud crimes.
www.ckfraud.org
- National Fraud Information Center - Information and links about many kinds of fraud.
www.fraud.org
- National Futures Association - The NFA is a regulatory association of commodities futures merchants, which are brokers who deal with commodities futures. Site includes law and rules that apply to commodities firms and dispute resolution procedures.
www.nfa.futures.org
- North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) - International organization consisting of state and provincial securities agencies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Includes directory of regulators with links.
www.nasaa.org
- Securities Arbitration Commentator - Collects and publishes awards in securities arbitration cases. For a charge, will conduct database searches of past awards by arbitrator name, type of case, and other categories.
www.sacarbitration.com
- Securities Class Action Clearing House - Information about securities class actions nationwide. Text of pleadings.
securities.stanford.edu
- United States Attorneys - Directory of local federal prosecutors with jurisdiction to prosecute frauds that violate federal law
www.usdoj.gov/usao/offices/index.html
- University of Toledo Financial Regulators Gateway - Directory with addresses and telephone numbers of securities, banking, and insurance regulators worldwide.
law.utoledo.edu/financialregulators/pages/finanreg.htm
- US Department of Justice Consumer Fraud Page - Information and links for internet fraud, telemarketing fraud, mortgage scams, identity theft, and other consumer frauds.
www.usdoj.gov/fraud.htm
- US Securities and Exchange Commission - The official federal agency website includes law, rules, legal releases, and reports relating to the regulation of stockbrokers, securities exchanges, investment advisors, and publicly held companies.
www.sec.gov
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