GA GA - Chris Burns, 37, missing day before docs due to SEC, Gwinnett Co, 25 Sep 2020

UPDATE: Missing Atlanta financial adviser took no family gun

An initial police report was mistaken in saying that Burns, who hosted a radio show and has appeared regularly on television news programs, had a handgun, said Kristen Novay, attorney for his wife.

“All the weapons were accounted for,” Novay said.

The family also does not share the opinion of the police report that Burns was possibly suicidal, she said.

Burns' vehicle was found in a parking lot on Perimeter Center East in Dunwoody. Inside was an envelope with copies of cashier’s checks totaling more than $78,000, police said.

“There is still a lot of developing information that is coming in every day," said Novay, adding the family is working with authorities for Burns' "safe return home.”
 
Radio Show Financial Advisor Disappears Ahead Of SEC Investigation

A spokesperson for the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that the agency does not confirm or deny the existence of investigations unless a decision is made to pursue action against an individual in court or before an administrative judge.

“There is still a lot of developing information that is coming in every day," said attorney Kristen Wright Novay, adding the family is working with authorities for Burns' "safe return home.”

His wife told the police that Burns had texted her, his parents and brother to tell them that he loved them, according to the police report.
 
His radio show/website: Dynamic Money Show — Dynamic Money | Financial Plans Built for Life
Related fb page (last post September 24): Dynamic Money
His personal fb (last post August 16): Chris Burns
His Twitter account (last post September 24): https://twitter.com/cwburns

The radio station that broadcast his show made a statement:

Burns is not a WSB employee.
Our efforts to contact Burns have been unsuccessful.
He had purchased the air time for his weekend program, that is no longer broadcast on WSB.

Gwinnett County and federal authorities have questions for ‘Dynamic Money’ financial planner
 
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Burns' vehicle was found in a parking lot on Perimeter Center East in Dunwoody. Inside was an envelope with copies of cashier’s checks totaling more than $78,000, police said.

Perimeter Center E
Dunwoody, GA
Google Maps

Perimeter Center E appears to make a giant loop around several places his car could have been located at.
If his car was found in a parking lot in the area, I wonder what his mode of transportation was from that point?
 
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Adding picture of Chris Burns

personal Facebook Chris Burns

he is founder of Dynamic Money (see Facebook)
 
Imo CB's wife and his wife's attorney's statement should probabably have read: "all the weapons are accounted for - as far as we know".

Many people have handguns that other members of their families don't know about. Not that the handgun owner is necessarily hiding them from the family, just that they never notified them of the purchase(s). Jmo

I understand completely the family's disagreement with a police report that Burns was possibly suicidal, as nobody wants to think this - but the text messages to respective family members telling each of them he loved them could certainly be construed as a good bye of sorts.

And it sounds like he recruited some of those closest to him into the peer to peer lending / investment scheme which is now being investigated by the SEC, including some from his own church. This may have cost some people their life savings, and if true, would be a very difficult thing for CB to face. If found, CB may be facing some very serious charges and some very significant time, but I don't know this. My guess he was aware of how serious the investigation was when he apparently fled.

Lastly, if you attempting to run away or disappear yourself (vs. suicide) why would you leave 3 cashiers checks in the car totaling $78,200? I hope CB is alive, and I hope he his found. I hope even more that all those people get their life savings and investments back. Very sad
 
Arrest warrant issued for missing Atlanta financial adviser

The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday (Oct 26) a former financial adviser took off rather than turn over documents and now has a federal warrant out for his arrest.

The FBI is searching for Christopher W. Burns, 37, of Berkeley Lake, Georgia. Burns hasn't been since leaving his home on September 24, one day before he was to turn over documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FBI said Burns is also under federal investigation by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
FBI charges well-known financial adviser who disappeared last month

The 37-year-old was not facing charges at the time, but his businesses were under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Burns is also under investigation by the IRS.

Investigators believe Burns has millions of dollars in investors' money.

Burns has now been charged with mail fraud and the FBI is asking for help locating him.

The day before he was supposed to turn documents over to the SEC, Burns told his wife that he was heading to his parents' house in North Carolina.
 
Perimeter Center E
Dunwoody, GA
Google Maps

Perimeter Center E appears to make a giant loop around several places his car could have been located at.
If his car was found in a parking lot in the area, I wonder what his mode of transportation was from that point?
As you mentioned, CB's car (I think it might actually have been his wife's car) was reportedly found in a parking lot off of Perimeter Center E (the loop road). This loop road is within "Perimeter Center East" (east of the N-S running Ashford-Dunwoody Rd).

If heading east to west on Perimeter Center E, the road changes names to Perimeter Center W when you cross Ashford-Dunwoody road and enter the larger "Perimeter Center" area, which includes the high-end Perimeter Mall.

"Perimeter Center" is a massive office, residential, hotel, and retail development that has been growing since the late '60's when my family moved there ( Ouch!). It sits just north of Atlanta's perimeter highway (I-285) in a wedge between Ashford-Dunwoody Rd and Interstate 400. A such, "Perimeter Center" sits west of "Perimeter Center East" (where the car was found).

It appears that in 2019, CB's financial businesses were all located in "Perimeter Center" (7000 Central Pkwy and 1100 Mt Vernon Hwy). Again, this is on the west side of Ashford- Dunwoody Rd. Depending on the exact location of the car in PCE, CB's business addresses would have been as much as 1/2 mile or more away. Why would he leave the car over there? It's not like there's no place to park in Perimeter Center. The 7000 Central Parkway address alone is a 415,000 sq ft class A office tower, and there are many many more like it. Perimeter Center is a huge development.

Also.. located just another 1/3 to 1/2 mi north of those business locations in "Perimeter Center" is an above-ground metro station (Marta). This station (North Springs Station) is just off of Interstate 400. It is the last stop on the Red line, which connects the suburbs directly north of Atlanta with the city, and, continuing south from there, to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport..
 
Missing Atlanta Financial Advisor Chris Burns Among Defendants in Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Christopher W. Burns is among the defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the missing Atlanta-based financial advisor, entrepreneur and radio host worked with Matson Money, Investus Advisers (aka Dynamic Money LLC), Investus Financial and Peer Connect LLC to orchestrate a Ponzi scheme involving promissory note investments falsely touted as “safe and conservative ‘peer to peer’ investment opportunities.”

The plaintiff, a Georgia resident, alleges in the 38-page lawsuit that she lost approximately $350,000 in retirement savings between January 2018 and September 21, 2020. According to the suit, the plaintiff and roughly 89 others were bilked out of the millions they invested into the defendants’ fraudulent promissory note plan.

The document (complaint) is found on link.
 
From the link @mlhenn provided above:

Since his disappearance, Burns, the founder of defendant Dynamic Money, has been hit with federal mail fraud charges by the United States Department of Justice, and the FBI has issued a warrant for his arrest, the lawsuit says. The case adds that the Georgia Commissioner of Securities issued on October 20 an emergency order to cease and desist against defendants Investus Advisors, doing business as Dynamic Money LLC, and Investus Financial over alleged violations of the Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008 related to “a fraudulent scheme and selling unregistered securities, i.e. promissory notes.”

The lawsuit alleges the crux of the defendants’ scam is that the parties, from at least 2017 through September 2020, illegally raised money from investors by way of what Burns referred to as “peer to peer” lending investment opportunities.

Per the suit, Burns, using his radio show and perceived investing expertise, raised investment capital from proposed class members based on the false assurance that defendants Investus Financial and Peer Connect were lending the consumers’ money to third parties in need of operating capital.

In exchange for their investments, proposed class members were issued promissory notes by Investus Financial and/or Peer Connect, who assured they would repay the consumers’ principal and interest over a period of time.

According to the lawsuit, however, the promissory notes issued by the defendants were illegal because they amounted to unregistered securities under Georgia law.
 
If you search “investus financial” as the defendant, and read the service of process, it has some interesting details/claims. I can’t help but think the wife knows more than is being said. Jmo

https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/SOPSearch

Eta- this is a different doc than what was posted above, but I didn’t get to read that one yet so my apologies if the info is more or less the same.
 

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