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What to make of a $239M-AUM RIA dwindling to $191M then suing Schwab for $100M as the alleged cause of the asset hemorrhage

Ed Butowsky says the San Francisco-based custodian played politics illegally by using a beltway scandal involving murder, WikiLeaks and collusion as a smokescreen to steal his clients

Author Guest Columnist Keith Girard May 2, 2018 at 9:06 PM
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Ed Butowsky: Imagine if your entire life has been picked apart and destroyed over the last eight months. It’s important to get this right.

Tim Welsh

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Tom

May 3, 2018 — 5:01 PM
Great story, crazy stuff. But, please, better editing? Two individuals are mentioned by last name, before they are fully identified..."Wigdor" and " Zimmerman."
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May 3, 2018 — 8:29 PM
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November 1, 2018 — 8:55 PM
Shwab did not like how the Chapwood fund was being run with Roy Mehta

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