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Topics-AGA Financial
TOPIC: INVESTMENT FRAUD
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Ponzi scheme suspect released from jail
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Guidi: I was duped, too, in AGA scandal
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Armitage pleads not guilty to $200 million scam
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Fireman's Fund sued over AGA ties
- Public defender appointed for man in AGA Financial case
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Brown: AGA partners 'callously swindled' investors
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Investors cheer AGA Financial arrests
- Judge dismisses many investors' claims in Armitage bankruptcy
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Armitage to lose wine and paintings
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Angry AGA investors: Where's the money?
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AGA founder Armitage files bankruptcy
PDF - Accused securities firm being sold
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Armitage investigation widens
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An investment nightmare
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Investors trusted Armitage
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Wiped-out investors left looking at castle
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'He said there is absolutely no risk'
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'I don't know what I'm going to do'
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'I've been kind of a frugal investor'
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'I thought we were good friends'
ABOUT GARY ARMITAGE
- Born: May 17, 1950, Healdsburg
- Education: Graduated Healdsburg High School. Financial certifications from American College, Pennsylvania.
- Founded AGA Financial, Santa Rosa-based investment firm, in 1994.
- Former board member of ePlanning Securities, Inc. of Roseville, network of independent securities brokers.
- Former director of Lakeside Mortgage, investment fund providing mortages to builders.
- Invested clients in Asset Real Estate & Investment Co (AREI), Redding, now under investigation by state Attorney General.
- AGA Financial, 2255 Challenger Way Suite 113 Santa Rosa, CA 95407.
PHOTO GALLERY
A number of Santa Rosa area retirees have lost all or most of their investments with AGA Financial.
INVESTIGATION AFFIDAVITS (PDFs)
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Read why state investigators raided Asset Real Estate & Investment Co. in June.
- An investigator's affidavit in support of the search warrant outlines how investigators think officials at AREI and AGA Financial bilked investors.
Download PDF >> - Attached to the affidavit is a graphic showing the complex network of interrelated companies and their ownership structures at the heart of the AREI/AGA investigation. Download PDF >>
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