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Asset Protection

Protect Your Business From Embezzlement

Watch this video on YouTube After reading last week’s column on embezzling, KFG operations manager Beth Kangootui shared the following story: “‘Our accountant is leaving and we think you have the ability to learn bookkeeping. Do you want the...

The Emotional Costs of Embezzlement

Watch this video on YouTube As a fan of our local ECHL hockey team, the Rapid City Rush, I was sorry to learn recently that the team’s new owners had uncovered evidence of some $500,000 worth of embezzlement over the past several years. Other embezzlement...

How Safe Is Your Safe Deposit Box?

Watch this video on YouTube I have routinely recommended that people use a bank safe deposit box to store valuable papers and small assets. These include documents like wills, trust documents, ethical wills, and unrecorded deeds. Valuable assets would include...

Trust With Caution; Protect Yourself From Scammers

Watch this video on YouTube Early this year, dozens of expatriate Americans living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, found out that an employee of Monex Bank had emptied up to 158 accounts of some $40,000,000. Many of the customers lost their entire retirement...

Avoid Costly IRA Mistakes

Watch this video on YouTube Investing through an IRA is a foundational method of retirement saving. Opening and contributing to an individual retirement account is not hard. That doesn’t mean IRAs are simple and easy to understand. I was reminded of this at the...

Safeguarding Your Data After Equifax Hack

Watch this video on YouTube The massive computer hack of Equifax, one of the three largest US credit reporting agencies, exposed the Social Security numbers, names, and contact information for up to 143 million of us. How should you respond? A lot of conflicting...