The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), the regulator of broker-dealers and protector of investors, allegedly failed to investigate the sworn testimony of a former Stanford broker, in 2003, that the Stanford Financial Group, a FINRA broker-dealer, was “engaged in a Ponzi scheme to defraud its clients,” according to recent articles by Reuters, published by the New York Times, and Scott Cohn, posted on CNBC.com. Had FINRA investigated back in 2003, the financial disaster inflicted on Stanford investors might have been avoided.