Now they are telling everyone, even my own friends, that this is a fake company.

The fake companies traded the stocks back and forth, inflating their value.

Similar to earlier schemes, the bootleggers have simply established new fake companies, the officials said.

He moved the money through a fake company and Lockheed employees assigned to the project traveled under fictitious names.

There's only one question: why didn't he peddle the other fake companies too?

An elaborate variation on this theme lures the victim with an e-mailed job offer from a fake company.

So he established fake companies, in Twindell's name, very early in the game.

After the goods were received, the fake companies quickly shut down.

Nothing other than a similar sounding name was used to deceive many Americans to invest their money in fake companies.

They also sold stocks and bonds on fake companies in Izzard.