investors, to emphasize the importance of detecting and preventing fraud in the marketplace that may affect individual investors …/methodology/approach – The paper explains the constant danger of investment fraud, lists the North American Securities Administrators Association … unwary investors. Investment fraud is on the rise. Before offering any investment, sales professionals should ask themselves …

for determining whether factual allegations in a federal securities fraud complaint give rise to a “strong inference of … battle lines for future motions to dismiss securities‐fraud claims under §10(b) of the 1934 Act, but still leaves unresolved …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to educate investors on the red flags of Ponzi and other fraud schemes and due … diligence measures. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines ways in which fraud is executed in Ponzi schemes and then … red flags that the investors in the Madoff Ponzi scheme and other fraud schemes might have recognized and others in the …

individual and fund‐of‐fund (FOF) investors who have incurred losses from hedge fund fraud. Design/methodology/approach – The … fraud is discovered to claim an ordinary loss from theft for the entire adjusted basis in the fraudulent investment; and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the changes to the US federal money laundering and criminal fraud … statutes contained in the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (“FERA”) Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains … definition of a financial institution is revised to include a mortgage lending business, and how the federal securities fraud …