Ronald Z Dukes Z Ronald Dukes Financial Night Mare Virginia Beach, Virginia

My name is Rhonda Seymour and I live in Virginia Beach.  In 1989, I received an inheritance and my husband and I invested these funds with the assistance of financial planner Ronald A. Dukes, of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia.   The investments did very well.

When my husband and I divorced several years later, my husband converted these investments to his own property and hid these transactions from me.  My ex-husband told me there was no money in any of these accounts and that Mr, Dukes had lost the money.  Without checking anything out, I accepted my ex-husband's explanation.  I called Mr. Dukes' office, got very upset, and left a terrible voice message.  I refused to listen to Mr. Dukes when he tried to explain to me that he had nothing to do with the money in the investments.  

Subsequently, my boyfriend Bill Brockman heard my complaints and carried out my threat to tell everyone.  Bill set up an account "Helen of Norfolk" and told my story on Rip-Off-Report.  Bill thought he was helping me.  Unfortunately, I was wrong about Mr, Dukes and Bill spread these lies across the internet.

I admit that I was wrong and that I falsely blamed Ronald Dukes for taking my inheritance when in fact my ex-husband was responsible.

Today, I want to set the record straight and try to do the right thing.  Ronald A, Dukes is an honorable man and an effective and thoroughly professional financial planner.  The information previously posted on the Rip-Off-Report were untrue and defamatory.

I should have spent more time checking facts before blaming Mr, Dukes.   I apologize to Mr. Dukes and publish these truths in the hopes that he may forgive me and that others may learn to check out facts before yelling defamatory falsehoods across the internet.  I post this now to admit and accept responsibility for the damage that Ronald A. Dukes has suffered as a result of these postings.  I urge everyone to check and double check their facts before posting anything on the internet that may injure someone's reputation.