investment fraud
noun[CorU]
FINANCEukustheillegalactivityofprovidingfalseinformationto someone so that they willinvestin something:
The SECinvestigatesallegationsofinternetinvestmentfraud.
The two men werechargedwithrunninganinvestmentfraudscheme.
Examplesofinvestment fraud
investment fraud
Wiretaps based on information gleaned from a confidential co-conspirator are alleged to detail the existence of a $2 billioninvestmentfraud.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The results from both studies demonstrated there is a need better to educate and inform investors about capital markets andinvestmentfraud.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was a manager at a private equity firm before being sentenced to prison forinvestmentfraud.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are almost daily instances ofinvestmentfraud.
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The claims for these devices have been found to be incorrect pseudoscience and some were found to be tied to investment frauds.
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