Americas Watchdog is the largest and most influential private consumer group in the United States focused on Wall Street, or US stock brokerage fraud. The goal of Americas Watchdog's Wall Street Fraud Watchdog is to see to it that all US shareholders or investors are treated fairly by their stock broker or bank. When investors, or innocent consumers are duped by Wall Street, a stock brokerage firm or a US bank, Americas Watchdog will get involved in the hope of assisting the victims in every way possible. As an example, when the $330 billion dollar auction rate securities debacle came to light, Americas Watchdog was the first national organization to call attention to what they call the worst case of fraud in US history.