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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

US online brokers hit by pump and dump fraud

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"Hackers in Eastern Europe and Asia have been infiltrating customer accounts at US online brokers and making unauthorised trades to artificially inflate the price of some stocks. The 'pump and dump' fraud has reportedly cost E*Trade at least $18 million in the third quarter alone."

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