Understanding Financial Frauds and Scams

by Philip Wolny

Readers get a view behind the gilded doors which will reveal the inner workings of pyramid and Ponzi schemes, telemarketing scams, identity theft, creative accounting, phishing, and other large-scale frauds and scams that impact not only big money investors but cost ordinary working citizens as well. Intriguing historical and current examples of institutional ruinous shell games include Madoff, WorldCom, Enron, and Jon Corzine's MF Global. Most importantly,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448867843
• ISBN13: 9781448867844
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12