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(a) False accounting entries;
(b) Bogus trades designed to inflate profits or hide
losses; and
(c) False transactions designed to evade regulatory
oversight.
(2) Self-dealing by corporate insiders, including:
(a) Trading;
(b) Kickbacks;
(c) Backdating of executive stock options;
(d) Misuse of corporate property for personal gain; and
(e) Individual tax violations related to self-dealing.
(3) Obstruction of justice designed to conceal any of the
above-noted types of criminal conduct, particularly
when the obstruction impedes the inquiries of the
SEC, other regulatory agencies and/or law enforcement
agencies. The FBI has formed partnerships with
numerous agencies to capitalize on their expertise in
specific areas such as Securities, Tax, Pensions, Energy,
and Commodities.
The FBI has placed greater emphasis on investigating allegations
of these frauds by working closely with the SEC, Financial
Industry Regulation Authority, Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Department of Labor (DOL), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS). As reflected in the
statistical accomplishments of the President’s Corporate Fraud
Task Force, founded in 2002, which includes the above-mentioned
agencies, the cooperative and multi-agency investigative
approach has resulted in highly successful prosecutions.
Kat Aaron and Nick Schwellenbach assessed these figures,
in a report headlined: “Mortgage Fraud Reports Rise, But
Some Fraud May Still Be Undetected” for the Center for Public
Integrity.