According to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) registrant misconduct is a violation of securities laws by a registered person or company. It can also include misconduct ...
April 4 – What is Market Manipulation?Market manipulation is the deliberate attempt to interfere with the free and fair operation of the market by artificially causing an increase ...
So far our Fraudster Friday series have focused on some of the most famous fraudsters in history. You may not have known all the details behind the names Ponzi, Madoff and Bre-X, b...
Illegal insider trading is the buying or selling of securities while possessing undisclosed material information about a company or fund. This material information could include fi...
Bertram Earl Jones ran a Ponzi scheme for decades in Quebec that cost his victims, including members of his own family, a reported $51.3 million Canadian. In 1979 Jones began his o...
Illegal distributions refer to the sale of securities, usually shares, that have not complied with securities laws around registration, trading and/or disclosure. The trading of se...
The Bre-X Minerals Ltd. scandal has all the trappings of a Hollywood story. A fledging minerals company residing in the penny stocks reportedly strikes the largest gold claim in hi...
Last year during March we ran an extensive series on investment fraud, outlining common types of investment frauds, the red flags to watch for, and what to do if you think you are ...
March is Fraud Prevention Month, and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission is reminding investors to do their due diligence when investing.To help investors avoid investment frauds...
Bernard Lawrence Madoff perpetrated the largest financial fraud in American History. It is estimated he bilked his 4,800 clients out of $64.8 billion.Madoff got into the investment...
