investment fraud
Ponzi scheme type
Investment fraud is deception designed to induce people to invest money under false pretenses.
Common schemes include Ponzi schemes, pump-and-dump stock manipulation, and bogus opportunities promising unrealistic returns.
The fraud may involve fictitious investments, misrepresented risks, or outright theft of funds: He lost his retirement savings to investment fraud.
- Ponzi schemeFraudulent returns from newcomers
- pyramid schemeFraud through endless recruitment
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- boiler roomHeating system enclosure
too good to be true · advance fee · Bernie Madoff · deception · churning · whistleblower · red flags · romance scam · con artists · pump and dump · white-collar · phishing · wire transfer · bait-and-switch · SEC · minority communities · embezzlement · indictment
- fraudscam, swindle, con, deceive, cheat
- corporate crimesinsider trading, price fixing, embezzlement, antitrust violations, antitrust violation
- financial crimesmoney laundering, Ponzi scheme, insider trading, ponzi scheme, financial crime
- financial frauddefalcation, embezzler, peculation, fraudster, embezzlement
- Financial ScandalsEnron, Bernie Madoff, Ponzi scheme, insider trading, Theranos
- scamsscam, scams, frauds, swindle, swindles
investment fraudethical investing
Aligning portfolios with values
fiduciary duty · investor protection · consumer protection · due diligence · fair dealing
investment fraudwealth creation
Generating lasting financial gains
dividend income · financial security · portfolio growth · value investing · nest egg