Fraudulent Activities Quotes

Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue.

Legitimate institutions historically have been defenseless in the face of outright fraud.

Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished; many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.

The Tax Division is committed to prosecuting accountants who assist their clients in fraudulent tax schemes.

Joe Kennedy is one of the biggest crooks who ever lived.

I didn't want to write another book about fraudulence.

The most disappointing businesses, for me, are the ones where the people flat-out lie. I had one in Queens where I gave them a couple hundred thousand dollars and they started spending it on themselves.

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

Hollywood was fine with fakes, but it was most definitely not okay with frauds.

Economic crimes are complex in nature, difficult to untangle, and they must be investigated according to the procedures set by the law.

You don’t have to sleep with prostitutes or take drugs in order to have a relationship with organized crime. They affect our bank accounts. They affect our communications, our pension funds. They even affect the food that we eat and our governments.

Why is JP Morgan getting so much heat? Maybe because it is a massive international crime syndicate.

Seen in the context of Donald Trump having committed sales tax fraud in the past, which is indisputable, I think that it's reasonable for the American public to ask, did you go beyond what's lawful, maybe scandalously lawful, but lawful, and violate the law?

These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.

If you look at the great frauds of all time, Enron had that phantom trading floor. What Herbalife has is it has phantom or fictitious customers.

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the State.

I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.

AOL had a very strong motive to create the appearance of high revenues for PurchasePro because the value of the warrants AOL had received in the deal depended on PurchasePro's performance.

Fraud is fraud. And consumers of any product - whether you want to buy a car, participate in fantasy football - our laws are very strong in New York and other states that you can't commit fraud.

I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street.

I'm asked, what about criminal prosecution of those on wall street? You know what, it's probably because none of them committed any crimes. They just made some incredibly bad decisions.

Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature.

He [Donald Trump] is like - he's a magnet for crime and extortion and, you know, just really criminal investments which are extremely dangerous.

By means of the banking system the distribution of capital as a special business, a social function, is taken out of the hands of the private capitalists and usurers. But at the same time, banking and credit become the most effective means of driving captialist production beyond its own limits and one of the most effective vehicles of crises and swindle.