Jordan Belfort: The Wolf of Wall Street
History of the case
Definition of Crime
Laws Violated
Penalties Imposed Upon Guilty
In 1998 Jordan Belfort was indicted with 27 counts of International Securities Fraud and Money laundering. After cooperating with the FBI, in 2003 Belfort was sentenced to four years in prison and fined and ordered to back approximately $110 million that he had defrauded from investors. He served 22 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay investors 50% of his income until $110.4 million was collected (Kolhatkar, 2013). According to federal prosecutors, Belfort has not kept up his part to fulfill the terms of his agreement. After his release in April 2006 Belfort’s income has consisted of $1,767,203
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18 U.S. Code § 1348 - Securities and commodities fraud
Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—
(1) to defraud any person in connection with any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or any security of an issuer with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o (d)); or
(2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, any money or property in connection with the purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or any security of an issuer with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o (d)); shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
(Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 )
Money Laundering: Money Laundering is the act of placing illegally acquired money in a legitimate business cash flow. This is done in order to be able to use that currency without law enforcement and the IRS questioning cash flow pertaining to a certain individual or corporation in question. This also considered a form of
Any contract for transporting freight or personnel by vessel, aircraft, bus, truck, express, railroad, or oil or gas pipeline where published tariff rates are in effect;
illegal acts which are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence. Individuals and organizations
Federal authorities stated that a thirty years old man was facing charges for a series of terror related attacks necessarily conducted by him. In fact; the charges levied against him claim that he had received approximately 9,000 dollars for his alleged role in wire transfers in the recent months for the Islamic State terror groups. Further; there are accusations that Mohamed Elshinawy of Edgewood, Md had received payments in small amounts between the months of March and late June.
-A market order which is a request to buy or sell a stock at the current market value.
• Section 29(1)(k) (“false or misleading representation concerning the place of origin of the goods”)
In July of 2010, Scott Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a US$1.2 billion
After Bernard Madoff, a former NASDAQ chairman, was arrested on December 11, 2008, he acknowledged that his performance was nothing but the Ponzi scheme. He pled guilty to the biggest investor fraud ever committed by anyone on March 12, 2009. On June 29, 2009, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
331(a) The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any food, drug, device, tobacco product, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.
Financial fraud: This involves using credit cards belonging to third parties to undertake online financial transactions.
Money laundering involves three stages: placement, layering, and integration. In the first stage, placement, the illegal proceeding are disengaged from direct association with the crime or criminal. In the second stage, layering, the money is used in some legal financial transaction in order to “camouflage” the cash. In the third stage, integration, the apparently legal money is available to the money launder (Kelly, Maghan and Joseph). For better understanding, go to figure 1.
BASIC CONCEPT: Money laundering is the process, by which, large amounts of illegally obtained money is given the facade of having a legitimate source. Earlier the concept of money laundering was associated with organized crime alone. However in recent times, the ambit of money laundering operations has dramatically increased.
I have to admit, it is an odd choice but yes, I have decided to break through the ethics out of a completely unethical film. I will be discussing my own thoughts and perspectives revolved around the movie, from reasons and circumstances that leads to an unethical life, to outcomes of it and much more.
On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernard Lawrence Madoff confessed that his vaunted investment business was all "one big lie," a Ponzi scheme colossal in volume and scope that cost investors $65 billion. Overnight, Madoff became the new poster child for Wall Street gall, greed and
Jordan Belfort, a multi-million dollar scam artist who travelled the road to riches. While travelling this journey, he established many relationships that helped him reach such destination. The memoir The Wolf of Wall Street portrays the relationships and influences people had on Jordan and vice versa. The three biggest influences that Jordan encountered were Mark Hanna, Danny Porush and Nadine Belfort.
Invested in the other company or companies by way of acquiring equities or debt instruments without any prior permission from the lender.