fraud
Shankar Sharma: Cup of woes brimmeth over!
There is no doubting the brilliant mind that Shankar Sharma has. However, instead of using it for devilish acts of market manipulation and other such unsavory acts and taking advantage of the naivety of helpless investors, Shankar Sharma should use it for the benefit of the investing public. That is the only way he will be able to redeem himself in the eyes of the investing public which at one time adored him for the Tehalka expose
Another day, Another Scam
Raj Rajaratnam’s, the billionaire founder of Galleon Group, was the story that dreams are made of. However, he now stands charged in a $20 million insider trading scheme by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC says that he didn’t deserve his reputation for “genius trading strategies” or “astute study of company fundamentals or marketplace trends” but that it was a simple case of insider trading.
I will treble your money!!
I am blessed by Mata Sikotar. I have divine powers. I can treble your money. If you give me one lakh today, I will give you three lakhs next week.
Satyam and Maytas Fraud
Ramalingam Raju, promoter of Satyam Computer Services has admitted that a massive fraud was committed by him and that the books of account of the Company are fraudulent. The text of the letter written by Mr. Ramalingam Raju is here.
Irrational Exuberance and Financial Scams
It amuses me that it is not just us ignorant in god-forsaken third world countries who get taken for a ride occasionally by smooth-talking scamsters but even storied and so-called sophisticated investors ……… The Bernard Madoff scam being a case in point. The list of defrauded victims reads like a who’s-who of the financial world. HSBC (1 billion), Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC ($492,760,000), BNP Paribas, Nomura Holdings and hundreds of others.
