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The mechanics of trust
Rothstein's settlements and the appearance of proof
A Fort Lauderdale investment scheme shows how documents can appear to confirm one another while depending on the same false premise.
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The details
behind the story.
Short, original reads about financial schemes and the public records that explain them. Each article includes sources you can follow.
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Following the money
When an account balance is not a loss
The Pearlman bankruptcy offers a precise way to read the numbers left behind by an investment fraud.
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The mechanics of trust
Stanford: the assets behind the certificate
The promise of ready access to money depended on a portfolio that differed sharply from the one described to depositors.
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Reading the records
Enron: what moving a loss can hide
A specific transaction in the appellate record explains the gap between a business's performance and the picture presented to outsiders.
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