Fraud & Scams

Unregistered Investment

Definition

What is Unregistered Investment?

An investment product or operator offered without required registration or authorisation.

Example in practice

An investor checks the regulator's register before transferring money.

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A fraud that pays earlier participants using money from newer participants rather than genuine investment profits.

A scheme that rewards recruitment more than genuine product sales or investment activity.

Manipulating an asset upward through misleading promotion before selling into the inflated demand.

A person or firm that executes securities transactions for clients.

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