"Through the years, authorities have busted massive penny-stock scams that have defrauded thousands of investors out of millions of dollars, but fraudsters are still out there."

“I’m getting a lot of calls from investors who are duped and getting scammed by-penny stock operators,” Jacob Zamansky, attorney with his firm Zamansky LLC, told CNBC."

Aug 2023
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/...

The con artists are relentless. BEWARE!

"The recruiter later asked Mukhlis to answer a series of interview questions “ASAP,” which solicited a string of personal information, such as the name of her bank, phone carrier, her payment preference and whether she had a PayPal and/or a credit card account."

"Within less than 30 minutes of answering these questions, the recruiter had offered Mukhlis a position at the company and asked for her full name, address, phone numbers and email address. Skeptical about the speed of the hiring process and the nature of the questions, Mukhlis reached out to me knowing that I’m a fraud investigator. I advised her to stop sending any information and to conduct an online search of the company. Mukhlis soon came across several online reviews indicating that the company is a scam."

Aug 2023
https://www.fraud-magazine...

https://nypost.com/2023/12...

Feb 2023

"Nadarajah is alleged to have engaged in a spoofing and layering scheme that involved placing orders that he did not intend to execute in order to create the appearance of false supply and demand, and to fraudulently induce other market participants to trade at prices, quantities, and times that they otherwise would not have traded."

Nov 2023
https://www.justice.gov/op...