He was no different than the guy mentioned here, http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=55162192&txt2find=french The bank obviously had no checks and balances on it's employee and neither did Advfn. Regardless though who in their right mind takes investment advice from anonymous on line posters. Read some of the posts on the board at the link above. People continue to get scammed everywhere.