Pump-and-dump stock scams are nothing new. These scams have been a mainstay of financial fraudsters for centuries. And while technology has changed the way they operate, the underlying principles and ...

Learn how to identify crypto pump and dump schemes, spot red flags, and protect your capital from market manipulation.

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A group of seven shareholders from six countries is suing Ostin Technology Group and nine of its officers and directors, accusing them of running one of the most brazen pump-and-dump operations in ...

Crypto scams are booming. In the first half of 2025, investors lost nearly $2.5 billion to hacks and scams—though wallet compromises and phishing led that wave, rug pulls and pump-and-dumps remain top ...

From September 1999 to February 2000, a 15-year-old made more than $250,000 pumping and dumping penny stocks. It was the largest financial frauds of its time, especially given that the perpetrator ...

As the method of investing in the stock market has become easier, scams are also happening through it. SEBI keeps cracking down on big companies every day. Recently, the case of Jane Street, a big ...

The Dutch AFM issued warnings about crypto market manipulation, focusing on pump-and-dump schemes ahead of MiCA’s implementation in December. The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) warned ...

But within a few hours he reversed course, announcing there would be a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs for 75 countries because people were getting “a little bit afraid”. After that dramatic ...

Federal authorities announced last week that members of a “pump-and-dump” spam group that bilked more than $20 million from naïve, overeager investors have all pleaded guilty. Although four men ...