{"id":4492,"date":"2007-07-10T01:19:16","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T01:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2007\/07\/ameriprise_broker_arrested_for_1"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T20:41:40","slug":"ameriprise-broker-arrested-for-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/ameriprise-broker-arrested-for-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameriprise Broker Arrested for Defrauding Investors &#8211; Clients Say He Cashed Checks Made Out to Ameriprise."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tAuthorities in Knoxville have arrested an Ameriprise Financial Services broker who is accused of defrauding Tennessee residents. The charges include theft and forgery. At least five alleged victims have come forward claiming losses of almost $1 million. A client in another state claims damages of more than a million dollars and detectives are seeking to learn of more victims.<\/p>\n<p>Delbert Forster Blount III worked out of an Ameriprise office in Knoxville and another in Morristown, Tennessee. It is reported that Blount received checks from clients made out to his firm but deposited these into his personal account rather than his clients&#8217; investment accounts.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest disclosures made by Ameriprise, fifteen complaints have been lodged against Blount by his clients alleging damages totaling more than $2.5 million. Many of those complaining are reported to have provided Ameriprise with copies of cancelled checks made out to the investment firm which were instead deposited into an account opened by Blount.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/ameriprise-broker-arrested-for-1\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Ameriprise Broker Arrested for Defrauding Investors &#8211; Clients Say He Cashed Checks Made Out to Ameriprise.\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Knoxville have arrested an Ameriprise Financial Services broker who is accused of defrauding Tennessee residents. The charges include theft and forgery. At least five alleged victims have come forward claiming losses of almost $1 million. A client in another state claims damages of more than a million dollars and detectives are seeking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791,3790],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ameriprise-securities-america","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ameriprise Broker Arrested for Defrauding Investors | Securities Fraud Attorney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An Ameriprise broker in Knoxville has been arrested by authorities over accusations that he has been defrauding Tennessee residents.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/ameriprise-broker-arrested-for-1\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ameriprise Broker Arrested for Defrauding Investors | Securities Fraud Attorney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"An Ameriprise broker in Knoxville has been arrested by authorities over accusations that he has been defrauding Tennessee residents.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shepherd Smith Edwards &amp; 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