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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I Feel Like a Fool

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Jeannie is angry and embarrassed that the friend she trusted to help manage her finances stole her money. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM Triumph 111.

0:11.0

Genie, welcome to the program.

0:14.0

Hi, Dr. Laura.

0:16.0

Hi, what can I help you with?

0:20.0

Well, around five weeks ago on December 18th, I found out that a trusted friend had emptied

0:26.9

and day traded away around $600,000 of my money that I can know if I can't get get back I'm sorry how did they have access to your money?

0:37.8

So when I when I gave him access to he opened he suggested he was going to open up a brokerage account and he had access to my

0:50.1

information and he opened up a brokerage account.

0:53.2

And then I was finalizing a divorce around 10 years ago,

0:57.4

so some of the money from the divorce went in there.

1:00.2

And then I had an accident that I got.

1:03.0

I, okay, but you gave him permission to access your money.

1:08.0

Now, why would you do that?

1:09.0

I trusted him with my life and I was I mean I was absolutely wrong in hindsight of course but I was asking about my money and he was giving me fake statements and he was taking the

1:25.2

statements out of my mailbox I find out well if he that's mail fraud I guess yeah

1:32.4

I mean I'm going well if you have I'm sorry so those are all felonies I think so

1:37.2

those are all felonies I think so was he put on trial?

1:43.4

It hasn't come to that yet.

1:47.4

It's only been five weeks.

1:48.6

They're opening up an investigation with the district attorney.

1:51.2

Okay.

1:54.0

But I just need advice on how to, so the only time I'm okay is when I'm working.

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