Index AARP, 237­238 accredited investors, 69­71 Acorn II L.P., 213­214 Aerokinetic Energy Corporation, 120­121 affinity fraud, 97­111 defined, 98 guarantees, 100­101, 103 prosperity theology, 103­104 types of, 98 AFG Capital Management, Inc., 210­213 A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., 157­162 Agassi, Andre, 153 AIG, 151, 200 Alanar, Inc., 101­102 aliases, 104­105, 106­107 Amburn, Jim, 12­16 American Medical Association (AMA), 4, 20 Ameriprise Financial, 152, 174 Angel, Chris, 128 Annals of Gullibility, The (Greenspan), 22 annuities, see variable annuities annuity flipping, 193­194, 195 Arthur Andersen LLP, 88, 93 assets under management (AUM), 48­49 Atlantic Liberty Savings Bank, 227 attorneys, securities, 232 Atwater, Steve, 43 auditors, 44, 45, 65, 71, 82, 85, 88­91, 93­94 baby boomers, 3­4, 203, 216, 237 Bagby, Robert, 160 Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye, 103­104 Band, Doug, 122 bank fraud charges, 104 Bank of America, 88, 89 Bank of America Investment Services, Inc., 146 bank statements, 56, 100 Bayou Fund LLC (Bayou), 64­71, 89 Belfort, Jordan, 139­142 blaming the victim, 16­17 boiler-room operations, 38­39, 139­143, 181­183, 186 Bonds, Barry, 128 Boston Edison Company (Boston Ed), 157­160 Brady, Tom, 25­27, 28, 30 Branson, Bill, 160 brokerage firms, see stockbrokers BrokerCheck, 2, 55, 161­162 Brost, Milowe, 91­92 Brown, Eric J., 196­197, 198 Buckley, Gerald, 159­160 Buffett, Warren, 141, 177­178 Bungler, 34, 49­53 Burkle, Ron, 122­123 Burn, Grenville, 60­61 Bush, George W., 124 Bush, Laura, 124 buying power, 179­181 Byers, Steven, 105­107 Canon, 153 Caputo, Michael, 159­160 Career Criminal, 34, 38­41 Carpenter, William T., Jr., 22­23 Castaldi, Frank, 97­100 Catholic Church, 121­125 celebrity cons, 121­125 Center for Financial Planning, 54 Central Registration Depository (CRD) report, 55, 141, 143, 152, 177, 222 Centuri Mining Corp. (Centuri), 33­34, 38, 41 Certified Financial Planner (CFP), 51, 217, 218­219 CFA Institute, 216­217 charisma, 233 charitable contributions, 107­109 Charles Schwab, 209, 211, 212­213 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), 51, 216­217, 219 Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), 222 Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), 222 check forgery charges, 144, 145 church bonds, 101­102 churning accounts annuity flipping, 193­194, 195 stock brokerage, 144­145, 157­162, 235 243 American Managememt Association · www.amanet.org