It goes without saying that we are all at risk in this electronic age of being exposed to financial fraud. Some people more so than others. In some situations, financial fraud starts by unknowingly providing your personal information. This can be done through telephone calls, text messages and emails.
Earlier this month, we wrote two articles that highlight how to deal with unknown calls (Be skeptical of unknown callers) and unsolicited emails (Never open or click links in unsolicited emails). In addition to being prepared for these types of communications, we feel that our clients should also know how to monitor against financial fraud occurring from things outside of their control.
Bennett Doughty grew up in Winthrop, Maine, and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in 2016. Following graduation, Doughty completed two years of residency training at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, Conn., specializing in psychiatric pharmacy.
Doughty joined the Binghamton School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2018 as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. He also serves as a clinical psychiatric pharmacy specialist at the Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa., where he works in crisis, inpatient and ambulatory care settings. Doughty is the program director of the Binghamton University Opioid Overdose Prevention Program (BU OOPP), a state-sponsored program that supports the training and distribution of the opioid overdose reversal agent, Narcan, to the University community. He is actively working with healthcare faculty members across Binghamton