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What is Fraud?
A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
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Who is Bernard Madoff & Allen Stanford
These two fraudsters, frauds were discovered in the U.S. in 2008 and 2009, which swallowed up 65 and 9.2 billion dollars respectively, were Ponzi pyramids.
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Who is Charles Ponzi?
This person was responsible for the creation and subsequent collapse of the Securities and Exchange Company?
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What is Gold and Grains
In Ancient Egypt, scribes were assigned to the monitoring of the pharaohs’ incoming and outgoing ________ and _______inventories so as to prevent fraud and theft.
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What is Pandora's Box?
The concept of fraud is found in Greek mythology where Apate, the personification of deceit, perfidy, fraud, trickery and dishonesty, is one of the evils contained in this?
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