Articles Posted in Financial Fraud

Securities sales is a hard business on a good day. And the pressure to sell and hit a quota is often hanging over many agents’ heads. That’s even more true when there’s a downturned market filled with skittish investors. But “boiler rooms” are another thing entirely. Typically run out of call centers filled with unregistered sales agents, boiler room scams convince unwitting investors into pouring money into worthless investments. And while boiler rooms are an old con, they’ve been getting recent technology updates that have law enforcement around the world taking notice. Continue reading

Financial fraud is a serious crime with heavy financial penalties and jail time. Yet people still try to mislead shareholders, bilking investors and destroying companies. Not every financial fraud case ends up on Netflix like biotech entrepreneur and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. But many of the most notorious financial fraud cases are just as fascinating. Continue reading

People often believe that audits can help root out fraud in cases and that an audit is a magic wand bestowing financial stability upon a company. But an audit is simply an independent examination of a company’s financial statements to ensure that its financial records are a fair and accurate assessment of its transactions. An audit is ultimately only as good as the information given to the auditors. Continue reading