Fraud

=== Commodities fraud ===
The illegal act of obtaining (or the attempt of obtaining) a certain amount of [[currency]] in accordance with a [[contract]] that promises the later [[Trade|exchange]] of equated [[asset]]s, which ultimately never arrive, is a type of fraud, known as commodities fraud.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Commodities fraud {{!}} Definition, History, & Examples  |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/commodities-fraud |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Britannica |first1=Michael |last1=McGregor |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217204141/https://www.britannica.com/topic/commodities-fraud |url-status=live }}</ref> Alternatively, the term can relate to: the failure of registering in an exchange; the act of deliberately providing falsified information to clients; the action of executing [[Trade|transactions]] with the sole purpose of making a profit for the [[payee]]; the theft of [[Funding|client funds]].<ref name=":0" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=December 2022}}