Category
page 1Finance fraud
Panama Papers
2016 document leak scandal

Pandora Papers
2021 financial document leak and scandal

Jello Biafra
American singer and activist (born 1958)
binary option
financial exotic option with an all-or-nothing payoff
Enron scandal
2001 accounting scandal of American energy company Enron
market manipulation
deliberate attempt to create artificial, false or misleading appearances with respect to the price of, or market for, a product, security or commodity
pump and dump
form of securities fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned microcap stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price
Chael Sonnen
American mixed martial artist (born 1977)

Michael Milken
American investor
Banesto
former bank of Spain
securities fraud
deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information
foreign exchange fraud
trading scheme used to defraud traders
salami tactics
approach to achieving major goals by consistently taking small steps
Dominion of Melchizedek
micronation involved in banking fraud in many parts of the world during the 1990s and early 2000s
Stratton Oakmont
brokerage house
bank fraud
use of potentially illegal means to obtain money, assets, or other property owned or held by a financial institution
bucket shop
business that allows gambling based on the prices of stocks or commodities
Banc De Binary
Israeli financial firm
Azerbaijani laundromat
complex money-laundering scheme organized by Azerbaijan
Al-Yamamah arms deal
series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to 600,000 barrels (95,000 cubic metres) of crude oil per day to the British government.
get-rich-quick scheme
scheme that falsely promises high rates of return for a small investment of money or labor
Saradha Group financial scandal
financial scandal in India
Wirecard scandal
accounting scandal involving Wirecard
WorldCom scandal
Telecommunications company bankruptcy and financial scandal
Dozy Mmobuosi
Nigerian tech entrepreneur
National Herald corruption case
an ongoing case in a Delhi court filed by Indian economist and politician
Jan Lewan
Polish-American polka musician

Work-at-home scheme
scams focused on businesses run from one's home
Danske Bank money laundering scandal
2017-2018 money laundering scandal
New Utopia
micronation
Affinity fraud
Investment fraud where fraudster preys on members of certain groups
Dubai Unlocked
investigative journalism project
1992 Indian stock market scam
scam on the Bombay Stock Exchange
Kareem Serageldin
banker, former employee of Credit Suisse
Satyam scandal
corporate fraud
naked short selling
practice of short-selling a tradable asset of any kind without first borrowing the security or ensuring that the security can be borrowed