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- 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.
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- 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.