證券欺詐

證券欺詐，又稱為股票欺詐和投資欺詐，是股票或商品市場（英語：Commodity market）上的一種欺騙行為，目的是誘使投資者根據虛假信息做出買賣決定，結果給投資者造成損失。上市公司在財務報表中作出虛假陳述，以及對公司的審計員撒謊有時也認定為證券欺詐。 ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

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