{"id":6588,"date":"2018-09-27T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/?p=6588"},"modified":"2018-09-27T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T15:16:52","slug":"texas-investor-fraud-investment-adviser-is-barred-in-6-8m-offering-fraud-and-investment-promoter-gets-25-years-in-prison-for-stealing-from-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/texas-investor-fraud-investment-adviser-is-barred-in-6-8m-offering-fraud-and-investment-promoter-gets-25-years-in-prison-for-stealing-from-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Investor Fraud: Investment Adviser is Barred in $6.8M Offering Fraud and Investment Promoter Gets 25 Years in Prison for Stealing from Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThomas J. Caufield, an investment advisor and the owner of and a Dallas-based investment education franchise, is now barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The regulator recently charged Caufield with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/investor-claims\/\">investor fraud<\/a>, accusing him of lying to over 30 investors in a $6.8M offering fraud.<\/p>\n<p>According to the SEC, from at least early 2013 through December 2017, Caufield, who is from Colleyville, Texas, promised investors substantial returns if they invested in the high-yield promissory notes for what he touted was a profitable franchise. The investment advisor claimed that their money would go toward acquiring and running a franchise that would provide education programs. Instead, Caufield allegedly used a substantial portion of the over $6M in investor funds pay back earlier investors and take care of overdue franchise fees.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas investment advisor is accused of providing materials with false information and making false pitches to prospective investors, including the franchise\u2019s students and clients of DAT Capital Advisors, which was the investment adviser that Caufield owned and used to be registered in the state. Caufield allegedly did not disclose that the franchise was in poor financial health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/texas-investor-fraud-investment-adviser-is-barred-in-6-8m-offering-fraud-and-investment-promoter-gets-25-years-in-prison-for-stealing-from-clients\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Texas Investor Fraud: Investment Adviser is Barred in $6.8M Offering Fraud and Investment Promoter Gets 25 Years in Prison for Stealing from Clients\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas J. Caufield, an investment advisor and the owner of and a Dallas-based investment education franchise, is now barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The regulator recently charged Caufield with investor fraud, accusing him of lying to over 30 investors in a $6.8M offering fraud. 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