During a recent town hall held in Beaufort County, SC, Rep. Jim Clyburn rails against the privatization of Social Security, ...

When most people hear the term "Ponzi scheme," they immediately think of Bernie Madoff. But Madoff wasn't the first to mastermind a massive fraud — and he certainly won't be the last. The dark art of ...

The downfall of CBEX in April 2025 offers a clear example of how modern scams operate. The platform used aggressive marketing ...

Creditors of defunct crypto lender Celsius argued ahead of his upcoming sentencing that founder Alex Mashinsky "devastated ...

CEO of Celsius, faces sentencing in May 2025 for his role in the platform's collapse, with over 200 victims calling for harsh ...

In July 2023, Mashinsky was charged and later admitted to securities and commodities fraud. He is now set to be sentenced on ...

Chris Matthews leads The Wall Street Journal's U.S. energy coverage from the Journal's bureau in Houston.

As the odds of a downturn climb, one expert warns that it may result in the uncovering of so-far undetected fraud schemes.

The Florida-based company boasted for months that it raised more than $3 billion from a sole anonymous investor. It finally ...

Gregory Zuckerman is a special writer at The Wall Street Journal. He's an investigative reporter and a 27-year veteran of the paper who writes about business and investing topics. Greg is a three-time ...

White-collar crimes are notoriously hard to uncover, yet once identified, become the focal point of fascination. Think Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme (with its plethora of documentaries), Enron, even ...

Perils in the Treasury market have become more acute in the last several years, but they have always been there.