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Fraud and tech in Investor Advocate’s sights as OIA releases FY 2025 report

Cristina Martin Firvida
Cristina Martin Firvida, Director, OIA. Photo: SEC

The SEC Office of the Investor Advocate’s latest report details social media’s impact on investor fraud and its evaluation of broker and adviser standards of conduct.

Protecting investors from fraud and evaluating technology’s impact on broker and adviser standards of conduct are key objectives for the SEC’s Office of the Investor Advocate (OIA) in the 2025 fiscal year. Tech is identified as a major driver of increased fraud.

The OIA has just delivered its Report to