Business Law Unit 2 Part 2 Vocab

4. The illegal manipulation of financial data and statements to present a falsely positive image of a company's financial health.
7. The U.S. government agency responsible for protecting consumers by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices.
8. The process of intentionally hiding the origins of money generated by criminal activities and making it appear to be from legitimate and legal business activities.
10. The illegal practice of deceiving investors or manipulating financial markets through false information, insider trading, or other fraudulent activities.
12. The use of threats, coercion, or force, to obtain money, property, or services, from other businesses, individuals, or entities
13. Anything created from the mind, including inventions, ideas, designs, and literary and artistic works, for which rights are recognized and legally protected.
14. Criminal acts conducted, in part or whole, using computer technology and networks.

1. The creation, alteration, or falsification of documents, including signatures and banknotes, with the intent to defraud.
2. The illegal practice of paying earlier investors with new investor capital rather than from business profits.
3. The act of taking money or property by a person to whom it was entrusted.
5. The illegal practice of manipulating the market by buying or selling a publicly traded company's stock based on non-public information about the company.
6. The use of misleading, deceptive, or blatantly untrue statements to promote a product or service.
9. The intentional misrepresentation of fact, through words or actions, for personal or financial gain.
11. A financially motivated, nonviolent crime characterized by deceit, concealment, and violations of trust.