Sentences with phrase «dump schemes for»

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has a Whistleblower program in place regarding pump and dump schemes for virtual currencies and digital tokens.

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Digital currency investors should also be on the lookout for pump - and - dump schemes, according to a recent warning from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Nearly 6 % of active investors end up in these schemes and lose an average of 30 % of their investments, according to the economists» examination of 421 pump - and - dumps between 2002 and 2015, based on trading records for more than 110,000 individual investors in Germany.

Also, with a price under twenty cents TRX is very attractive for pump and dump schemes.

A judge set a September trial date for two former Islip Town officials accused in a Suffolk dumping scheme that so far has led to the conviction of three of six defendants named in a 2014 indictment.

But at the time I was adviced not to - I was told because the company was bankrupt, its stock was just for speculators, pump and dump schemes, and so on, and it would become worthless when the company merged (it would be delisted and a new one added).

While you might be able to get better value out of them at hotels, many of us were saving them for dumping into airline schemes, including schemes we had limited opportunities to earn bulk quantities of.

Carbon pricing schemes, like carbon taxes and cap and trade, provide a disincentive to do this by forcing polluters to pay for the carbon they dump.

The stocks were often used as fodder for «pump - and - dump» schemes, where stock brokers dupe their clients to buy shares in shell companies, raising the price of the stock, before the initial shareholders would sell off their shares for a profit, leaving the shares worthless.

Until regulators come up with rules to curb pump - and - dump schemes, investors need to be extra cautious so they don't get taken for a ride.

Beyond just sending a cautionary and educational message, the CFTC also encouraged those who are aware of pump - and - dump schemes to «blow the whistle» and submit tips, reminding potential whistleblowers of the possible monetary awards that whistleblowers may, in certain cases, be eligible for in the event of a successful enforcement action that leads to monetary sanctions.

The likes of OneCoin and The Billion Coin have shown us that there are fictitious «cryptocurrencies» that are being sold to unknowing «investors» that are completely worthless while several smaller cryptocurrencies have been created purely for pump and dump schemes to help a select few to get rich while those who invest after the pump are often left with heavy losses.

Also, with a price under twenty cents TRX is very attractive for pump and dump schemes.