{"id":3693,"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockbrokerfraudblog.blawgcloud.com\/2016\/04\/indiana_investment_adviser_sen"},"modified":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T05:00:00","slug":"indiana-investment-adviser-sen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/indiana-investment-adviser-sen\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Investment Adviser Sentenced for Bilking Older and Disabled Clients of Over $680K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cindy L. Lampkins is sentenced to five years behind bars. The Bloomington, Indiana investment adviser stole over $680,000 in retirement money from elderly investors and disabled clients. Lampkins was convicted on count of money laundering and one count of wire fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Lampkins was the VP of Kern Financial Group, which offers financial and insurance services. The investment firm belongs to her and her father.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, between 2\/10 and 11\/13, Lampkins persuaded clients to pay Kern Financial Group for nonexistent products. The Internal Revenue conducted a probe, as did state police, who discovered that Lampkins lied to clients, gave them doctored financial statements, and concealed her actions from them. Investors thought their money was going into annuities with high interest rates or to buy a product that would cover funeral costs in the future.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/indiana-investment-adviser-sen\/#more-3693\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cindy L. Lampkins is sentenced to five years behind bars. The Bloomington, Indiana investment adviser stole over $680,000 in retirement money from elderly investors and disabled clients. 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