- Insider trading: This involves trading on the stock market using non-public information about a company that could affect its share price.
- Front running: This is when a broker or trader places a trade for their client before executing the same trade for themselves, potentially profiting from the movement in the market caused by their client's trade.
- Wash trading: This is the buying and selling of the same security multiple times in a short period without the intention of changing ownership, creating artificial volume and potentially misleading other investors.
- Pump-and-dump schemes: These involve artificially inflating the price of a stock through positive publicity and then selling the stock at a higher price, leaving other investors with worthless shares.
- Unlawful insider trading: This is when someone buys or sells a stock based on nonpublic information from a corporate insider.
- Front-running: This is when a broker or dealer trades on his own account ahead of a client's trade, using information about the client's trade to take advantage of the market.
- Short selling without intending to deliver: This involves selling shares of a company on the open market without actually owning the shares or borrowing the shares from a third party, which can contribute to a decline in the company's stock price and could be considered illegal if done in a way that is intentionally misleading or manipulative.
- Money laundering: This is the process of concealing the illicit origins of money or assets through a series of transactions to make it appear legitimate.
Illegal trading can have serious consequences, including fines, imprisonment, and the loss of any profits gained from the illegal activities.