TOPEKA — Kansas securities commissioner Marc Wilson said if you’ve been laid off, you could be a target for scam artists. Con artists know that when people leave their jobs, they may receive a lump sum severance and have the discretion to transfer retirement savings into other investments, and that makes them a target for well-heeled crooks, he said. Scammers are fishing for out-of-work Kansans and selling them worthless investment scams, he said. One Johnson County man, Mark Mead, has pleaded guilty recently to one count of securities fraud, Wilson said.
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m.
