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Empty AGA Financial offices. Photo by Kent Porter / PD

TOPIC: INVESTMENT FRAUD

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)

AGA network
    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 >>