5 Biggest Stock Scams In Recent Years

In this article we are going to list the 5 Biggest Stock Scams In Recent Years. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list, please head on over to the 11 Biggest Stock Scams In Recent Years.

5. Jordan Belfort

If you’ve seen Wolf of Wall Street, you know who Jordan Belfort, and yes, I cannot believe Leonardo Di Caprio didn’t win an Oscar for his performance. Belfort basically engaged in pump and dump schemes in respect of penny stocks, and was finally convicted of securities fraud, though he only spent 22 months in prison for swindling hundreds of millions of dollars, part of which he paid in restitution.