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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
This scam cost consumers approximately $230 million. In a different scam, Martino and Locascio created a "cramming" scheme that sent bills to customer phone companies for unwanted services costing them $420 million. [2] [3] On March 18, 2003, Martino was charged in New York with federal racketeering fraud involving the website scam. [4]
Spitzer and later the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also charged that major mutual fund groups such as Janus, Bank One's One Group, and Strong Capital Management and others facilitated "market timing" trading for favored clients.
Martin Shkreli (/ ˈ ʃ k r ɛ l i /; born March 17, 1983) is an American investor and businessman.Shkreli is the co-founder of the hedge funds Elea Capital, MSMB Capital Management, and MSMB Healthcare, the co-founder and former CEO of pharmaceutical firms Retrophin and Turing Pharmaceuticals, and the former CEO of start-up software company Gödel Systems, which he founded in August 2016.
The idea was to increase the capital held by the mortgage companies and then eventually sell the government’s ownership in a massive public offering. The companies could pay a fee for their ...
Glenview Capital Management is a hedge fund founded in 2000 with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019. [5] Glenview manages capital for investors through a series of private investment funds. [1] [4] The firm was founded by Larry Robbins, the firm's CEO and portfolio manager, and is based in New York. [2] [7]
Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that a New York tax preparer known as 'the Magician" pled guilty to filing thousands of false tax returns.
Described (but perhaps overstated) as "the biggest stock promotion of all time", Lithium Exploration Group's market capitalization soared to over $350 million after an extensive direct mail campaign. The promotion drew upon the legitimate growth in production and use of lithium , while touting Lithium Exploration Group's position within that ...