{"id":1530,"date":"2014-10-16T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T18:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2014\/10\/exameriprise_adviser_pleads_gu"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:33:31","slug":"exameriprise-adviser-pleads-gu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/exameriprise-adviser-pleads-gu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Ameriprise Adviser Pleads Guilty To Nearly $1M Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tSusanWalker, an ex investment adviser with Ameriprise Financial Inc. (AMP), has pleaded guilty to bilking two dozen clients of $980,000. She stole the funds from clients between &#8217;08 and &#8217;13, using the money to cover her own spending, including costly vacations. <\/p>\n<p>Walker is accused of setting up investment accounts under several customers&#8217; names but without their consent. She took money from clients&#8217; retirement and brokerage accounts, placed the funds into the accounts under her control, and took out the funds to spend as she pleased. Ameriprise has paid back the customers that were harmed. <\/p>\n<p>The firm fired Walker and her mother Barbara Stark in early 2013. Stark is not charged in this criminal case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/exameriprise-adviser-pleads-gu\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Ex-Ameriprise Adviser Pleads Guilty To Nearly $1M Fraud\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SusanWalker, an ex investment adviser with Ameriprise Financial Inc. (AMP), has pleaded guilty to bilking two dozen clients of $980,000. She stole the funds from clients between &#8217;08 and &#8217;13, using the money to cover her own spending, including costly vacations. 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