There have also been a large number of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's), used to raise money for startups by issuing tokens / coins, which have raised
vast sums of money only for the owners to disappear with all the money, whilst others have been less deliberate but have been just as devastating to investors.
Absolutley — one should always follow the
money, Governments have provided
vast sums for scientific research but
only to those scientists providing the «right» answers and supportive
of their preferred political agenda, the same goes for NGOs.