INDEX SR NO. | CONTENTS | Pg No | 1. | What is stock market? | 1 | 2. | What is fraud? | 3 | 3. | Definition of fraud | 4 | 4. | Fraud law & legal definition | 5 | 5. | Definition of scam | 7 | 6. | When stock fraud occurs | 8 | 7. | Financial statement fraud | 10 | 8. | Features of security scam | 12 | 9. | How to spot stock scams | 13 | 10. | Avoiding stock market fraud & scams | 14 | 11. | Indicators for scams | 15 | 12. | Top 10 stock market scams | 16 | 13. | Top 10 scamster of India | 20 | 14. | Conclusion | 33 | …show more content…
Fraud Law & Legal Definition Fraud is generally defined in the law as an intentional misrepresentation of material existing fact made by one person to another with knowledge of its falsity and for the purpose of inducing the other person to act, and upon which the other person relies with resulting injury or damage. Fraud may also be made by an omission or purposeful failure to state material facts, which nondisclosure makes other statements misleading. To constitute fraud, a misrepresentation or omission must also relate to an 'existing fact', not a promise to do something in the future, unless the person who made the promise did so without any present intent to perform it or with a positive intent not to perform it. Promises to do something in the future or a mere expression of opinion cannot be the basis of a claim of fraud unless the person stating the opinion has exclusive or superior knowledge of existing facts which are inconsistent with such opinion. The false statement or omission must be material, meaning that it was significant to the decision to be made. Sometimes, it must be shown that the plaintiff's reliance was justifiable, and that upon reasonable inquiry would not have discovered the truth of the matter. For injury or damage to be the result of fraud, it must be shown that, except for the fraud, the injury or
Fraud is defined as the intentional deception or misrepresentation of facts that can result in unauthorized benefit or payment. Abuse is
Did Westby commit fraud? Fraud constitutes the making of false statements (1) with the knowledge of its falsity or reckless indifference to the truth (2) the intent that the listener relies on it (3) the result that the listener does so rely on it, and (4) the consequence that the listener is harmed.
For purposes of the Statement, fraud is an intentional act that results in a material
An action is considered unethical when it goes against widely understood and established societal, professional and/or personal value systems. Fraud is wrongful behavior that is done with the intention to deceive others and typically involves a criminal act. Illegal acts are committed when established laws are broken. Walt Pavlo adversely progressed from displaying unethical, fraudulent behavior to outright illegal acts.
c) Fraud- Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person or an intentional misrepresentation, concealment, a false promise or a negligent misrepresentation. The following abstract from the case “The next day Tom had Rob Jr. wrote a letter to his parents telling them that he was planning to stay with the Church, as they were his "new" family. Rob Jr. was also told to demand money from his parents to cover his expenses. This clearly states the intent of fraud from Mr. Tom Marsden to the Shermans.
(1) to defraud any person in connection with any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or any security of an issuer with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o (d)); or
(TCO 5) Fraud is an intentional misrepresentation of facts, made for the purpose of persuading another party to act in a way that causes injury or damage to that party. In our readings and discussions we have seen several examples of fraud in business. Using that experience (1) provide an example of a common fraudulent practice in business with an explanation of how the practice works and (2) name and describe each of the elements of the Fraud Triangle.
This is when a trader made a false statement of a product or service but believed that the statement was true. Example of this would be a trader saying that the phone is water proof but it real isn’t. this would be deliberately done, so to make it fair the court would say the contract would have to be
Misrepresentation: Misrepresentation is where there is a false statement in the contract which is made by one of the parties to the
To maintain an action in negligence, the Plaintiff must assert that the defendant was under a duty to protect the plaintiff from injury, that the defendant breached that duty, that the plaintiff suffered actual injury or loss, and that the loss or injury proximately resulted from the defendant's breach of the duty. Further, in slip and fall claims in Maryland, the Plaintiff must prove that the accident was directly caused by a hazard on the premises of the store; the owner either created
Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of alias, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure.
to a conclusion, dealing with any situation. What is fraud? Fraud is when you give false
The manipulation of accounts fraud scheme is generally fulfilled by employees in top management positions and it usually involves making understatements or overstatements on financial statements making it very hard to detect. The process followed as Troy Adkins, (2015) explains is very simple. The financial statements are either overstated to show different figures in the earnings on the income statements making them look better than they actually are or the earnings in the current periods are manipulated in such a way that the revenue is understated or they inflate the current year’s expenses. The second process includes making the financial statements look worse than they are in reality. Deloitte, (2009) explains a number of ways which the accounts are manipulated where as one of the ways is to manipulate the reported earnings directly. They further explained that overstating the
Financial fraud: This involves using credit cards belonging to third parties to undertake online financial transactions.
Fraud is defined as a deliberate misrepresentation that causes a person or business to suffer damages, often in the form of monetary losses through deception or concealment. And Occupational Fraud as defined by the ACFE is the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization’s resources or assets. Traditional fraud triangle theory by Donald Cressey explains that propensity of fraud occurring in an organization lies on three critical elements which are Pressure, Opportunity, and Rationalization.