Securities fraud investigators.

Securities fraud (also referred to as stock fraud) is where investors make decisions based on false or inaccurate information.

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Deceitful trading

Securities fraud is a manipulation of financial markets by an individual or organisation in order to profit at the expense of others. As such the practice is highly illegal.

Examples include: stockbrokers withholding key information about a stock, trading on insider information or advising clients to conduct trades based on false or inaccurate information.

Types of securities fraud

Ponzi or Pyramid Schemes

A scam where money is collected from new investors to pay off rates of return promised to earlier investors.

Pump-and-Dump

Fraudsters manipulate the price of a specific stock for their own gain by spreading false information.

Insider Dealing

The act of trading on a stock exchange using privileged, non-public information to your own advantage.

Advance Fee Schemes

Victims send funds to cover “processing fees” or “taxes” to participate in an investment that doesn’t exist.

High Yield Investments

The promise of high returns with little risk in investments such as precious metals, commodities or real estate.

Penny Stocks

The lure of owning shares in promising start-ups that will pay dividend over time – but they very rarely do.

Prime Banks

An opportunity to invest in banking portfolios normally reserved for the elite. The problem is – they don’t exist.

Bogus Offerings

The announcement of an unverifiable event, contract, launch or breakthrough that simply isn’t true.

Securities fraud via unlicensed sales agents

Criminals use the lure of high rates of commission to enrol seminar speakers, insurance agents, financial advisors and accountants as their sales agents.

This is the ideal environment for a scam to bread. Agents relay investment opportunities to their group of members or affiliates who base their judgement to invest upon trust.

Independent advisors may be well versed to instruct you upon matters relating to their business but that doesn’t necessarily qualify them as an expert in investments. It is often the case that they also lack the resource to conduct meaningful due diligence to identify illegitimate investments.

This type of fraud, also known as “Affinity Fraud” is widespread because it bypasses our natural instinct to distrust opportunities offered to us by people we don’t know.

Offshore Investments

Laws vary dramatically between countries. So do the rules and regulations surrounding business and financial transactions.

If you transfer money as part of an investment to a company registered overseas, as soon as the money leaves your shores it is no longer protected by the laws of your country.

This is a common mistake made by millions of enthusiastic investors. It is vitally important that you conduct due diligence on every aspect of an investment including the company and importantly, the people behind it – before you invest!

Speak to our securities fraud team

If you have been deceived in to an illegitimate investment please contact us.

Upon receipt of your enquiry we will conduct a preliminary investigation to assess the scale of fraud involved then arrange a phone call or face-to-face meeting to discuss the next steps.

Any preliminary investigations that we undertake will not be charged.

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Investment Fraud

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Deceitful trading

Types of securities fraud

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Offshore Investments

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