This one was filed in the LA Court system back in March against City National Bank and Patrick Brian Fitzwilliam. Looking at the case summary, it seems to be going better than the Nairn case, which looks like it’s on life support. This class action suit is only open to those who lost money with NASI and who are over the age of 65 (they’re going for an elder abuse claim, in addition to others). Considering that many of the investors were elderly at the time the Dickwad Duo convinced them to lose their life savings, this is not a bad angle. Unfortunately, not all were elderly so…that…sucks. In any event, the complaint outlines some facts and a bit of a timeline. Of course, these facts will have to be proven, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Fitzwilliam became Senior Vice President and the branch manager for the Woodland Hills branch of the bank in 2004. By this time, NASI had grown to one of the largest depositors at the branch. Whenever deposits were made, Wishner would almost always bring them to Fitzwilliam to deposit. During those visits, Ed would also initiate transfers between bank accounts to cover the checks. In 2004,
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