Frauds

First published in 1993, this classic book is now into its Fourth Edition. Financial Shenanigans is an essential read to understand how companies can manipulate their financial reports through accounting gimmicks, and how to detect it. The book will equip you better to detect fraud, avoid bad investments and notice where a company's real financial position may be misrepresented. Perfect for auditors, investors, and finance professionals. ...

A Pig butchering scam (殺豬盤) (Yale: saat jyū pùhn, Pinyin: shā zhū pán) is a type of financial fraud in which scammers build long-term relationships with victims to gain their trust - fatten them up - before finally defrauding them of assets and money - butchering them. This scam gained global notoriety during the COVID-19 pandemic as criminals exploited the increased time people spent online. Scammers used social media, dating apps and messaging platforms to groom victims, or fatten them up, taking advantage of the internet’s borderless nature to operate across jurisdictions - making resolution of these crimes complex. ...