Moltisanti was put in charge of the family's Webistics pump and dump stock scam.

The scheme was a classic "pump and dump" stock scam.

Three Canadians had been arrested for a stock scam in Buenos Aires.

Mob figures from each of the Five Families of the New York mafia, as well as the New Jersey mob, have become involved in stock scams.

In March 2000, Daniel was arrested and later convicted on a pump and dump stock scam.

"Super-cheap carriers are a stock scam."

They opt for new scientific technology, the cream of the crop for stock scams.

Pump and dump stock scams are prevalent in spam, accounting for about 15% of spam e-mail messages.

They are also concerned about stock scams, deceptive mutual fund practices and insider trading.

In 2002 the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing a stock scam pointed out discrepancies in the conduct of business by Nedungadi Bank.