Rapper-actor 50 Cent raised eyebrows with his Twitter posts recently suggesting followers buy stock in a little-known company he happens to owns shares in. His questionable tweets aren't the first investment scandal to capture news headlines.
The decorating queen was convicted of conspiracy for her role in an insider trading scandal at a biopharmaceutical company.
The former stockbroker was behind one of the biggest economic fraud cases in history.
The Italian-born immigrant moved to the United States in 1903 and went on to swindle investors out of millions.
The mustachioed Texas businessman is awaiting trial on charges of stealing billions (how much?) from investors.
The former art dealer pleaded guilty last year to bilking art collectors out of millions.
Several people were arrested in connection with the insider trading scandal in 2009.
Founder Nicholas Cosmo was arrested in 2009 and charged with stealing millions from investors.
The 85-year-old investment bank went bankrupt during the 2008 financial crisis amid charges of fraud and insider trading.
Kreuger was a Swedish financier known as the Match King who was brought down by the 1929 stock market crash.
The former "Junk Bond King" pleaded guilty to securities fraud in 1990 and served two years in prison.
The notorious stock trader appeared on the cover of Time magazine before pleading guilty to fraud in 1987.
Prominent Minnesota businessman Tom Petters was convicted of stealing possibly billions from investors in 2009.
The hedge fund's top executives were charged with bilking investors out of millions.
The hedge fund's top two executives pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy in 2005.
