From the SOS Office: Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today celebrated Older Americans Month at a senior center in Wentzville, Mo., where she called on Missourians to help protect seniors from financial fraud. Today’s event was the first of several presentations scheduled throughout the month by Carnahan’s Securities Division.
From the SOS Office: Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today announced a $755,000 settlement with A.G. Edwards & Sons, LLC, after her securities investigators discovered that the firm sold variable annuities to elderly customers without proper documentation for the transactions. In the consent order issued this week, A.G. Edwards agreed to pay $381,993 to 31 Missouri investors across the state. The settlement ends a lengthy Missouri Securities Division investigation triggered by a complaint by an 81-year old Southwest Missouri investor after the liquidation of a variable annuity.
From the SOS Office: Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is serving as a co-leader of a bipartisan international election observation team in Nigeria for the Presidential election on April 16th. The delegation, organized through the National Democratic Institute (NDI), will meet with senior government and election officials, political party representatives, candidates, citizen election monitors, civil society leaders, and media representatives.
From the SOS Office: Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today announced that more than 1,000 Missourians have used the Safe at Home address confidentiality service since it was enacted in 2007. Safe at Home allows victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking to keep their home address secure and confidential, which limits an assailant’s ability to locate their victims. Carnahan held news conferences this week in St. Louis and Columbia to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month and highlight the need for this vital service.
From the SOS Office: Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has received the James P. Damos Award from the Missouri Victim Assistance Network. The award, which was announced today in St. Joseph, Mo., recognizes a Missourian who has made a significant difference to victims of crime above and beyond their designated responsibilities. Carnahan was nominated for the award primarily for her work establishing Safe at Home, an address confidentiality program which has served more than 1,000 Missourians since it was established in 2007.
From the SOS Office: Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today announced that the Missouri State Archives, a division of her office, has digitized and placed online the official papers of Missouri’s governors during the Civil War era, 1861-1865. The governors include Claiborne Fox Jackson, Hamilton Rowan Gamble, Willard Preble Hall and Thomas Clement Fletcher. The project is one of many that the Archives will complete to recognize the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.
After catching up with folks on Friday night at the Hannibal Inn, Robin spoke at the Democrat Days brunch on Saturday morning. There was a great crowd as always. A special thanks to everyone who got up early that morning to join her for coffee beforehand! If you didn’t make it to Hannibal, make sure to check out the St. Louis Beacon’s coverage.
