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Dennis Kozlowski, former CEO of Tyco International, convicted in 2005 of fraud and other crimes related to his receipt of $81 million in unauthorized bonuses, the purchase of art for $14.725 million and the payment by Tyco of a $20 million investment banking fee to a former Tyco director. [33]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that "these fraudulent schemes involve the purported issuance, trading, or use of so-called 'prime' bank, 'prime' European bank or 'prime' world bank financial instruments, or other 'high yield investment programs.' (HYIP's) The fraud artists ... seek to mislead investors by suggesting ...
Affinity fraud is a form of investment fraud in which the fraudster preys upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, language minorities, the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are – or successfully pretend to be – members of the group.
Ward had borrowed $1.3 million from the bank on nonexistent collateral, leaving the bank unable to cover the withdrawals and exposing Ward's fraud. Ward fled with the remainder of the firm's cash (including a $150,000 emergency loan from William H. Vanderbilt ).
In December 1992, MMM-Invest was created as a voucher investment fund, a type of entity created to collect privatization vouchers. [8] It was renamed Russ-Invest in May 1995, to distance it from the MMM scheme. [8] The MMM Ponzi scheme was launched in February 1994, [9] promising annual returns of up to 3000 %. [10]
This list of investment banks notes full-service banks, financial conglomerates, independent investment banks, private placement firms and notable acquired, merged, or bankrupt investment banks. As an industry it is broken up into the Bulge Bracket (upper tier), Middle Market (mid-level businesses), and boutique market (specialized businesses).
As of 2024, Houlihan Lokey is the top investment bank for global M&A transactions, the top M&A advisor for the past 10 consecutive years in the U.S., the top global restructuring advisor for the past 11 consecutive years, the top global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, and a Top 10 Most Active Global M&A Advisor as measured ...
The term 'reloading' has since expanded to cover all repeated attempts to scam money from the same victim. This form is widespread because people who become victims of, for example, a telemarketing fraud, often are placed on a sucker list. Sucker lists, which include names, addresses, phone numbers and other information, are created, bought and ...