Frauds Bureau

The Frauds Bureau prosecutes large-scale business crimes. The Bureau conducts investigations to expose complex schemes that have been committed and concealed in sophisticated ways. These crimes range from traditional embezzlement to modern internet fraud, and they involve a wide variety of techniques such as Ponzi schemes, sale of bogus financial instruments, market manipulation, and commercial bribery. No area of business is immune from con artists. Recent cases have focused on industries including securities and commodities, banking, insurance, health, energy, travel, and the legal profession. The Bureau's goals are not only punishment of criminals, but also restitution for their victims and reform of industries marred by pervasive fraud.