I admit it has been quite some time since my last post. Life has gotten in the way. But I will try and again post more regularly going forward.

Rudy Kurniawan - The wine merchant who tricked them all (almost)

In the early 2000s a new name gained prominence in the Los Angeles wine scene. An individual with a great palate for the best wines, his ability to identify wines superior to most others, with a love for Burgundy wines.

She was a star in the USA, loved by many as the queen of home cooking and decoration. Her stardom opened many doors with some proving slightly too tempting. The queen of American home making used some of her contacts to enrich herself.

Martha Stewart, best known for her cook books and interior design television shows and magazine, fell from grace in 2004 when she was convicted of insider trading, costing her not only her freedom but also forcing her to rebuild her empire.

There are so many financial scandals. In our series of the biggest financial scandals in recent history, we cross continents, borders, ethnicities, and different industries. Some were financial scandals involving average Joes being scammed out of their hard-earned cash, others involved corporate fraud, insider trading, some of the biggest names on Wall Street and Ponzi schemes.

Who was the Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort?

A dentist who went rogue. A meat salesperson who went bust. A stockbroker who became a boiler room boss. Belfort's career in a nutshell.

His entrepreneurial career started at a very young age when he made $ 20,000 from selling ice cream on the beaches of Queens. Instead of pursuing his ice cream career further, Belfort opted to study dentistry. A honorable, profitable profession that he abandoned after merely one day upon hearing that being a dentist is not the key to quick and massive wealth.

There are so many financial scandals. In our series of the biggest financial scandals in recent history, we cross continents, borders, ethnicities, and different industries.

There are so many financial scandals. In our series of the biggest financial scandals in recent history, we cross continents, borders, ethnicities, and different industries. Some were financial scandals involving average Joes being scammed out of their hard-earned cash, others involved corporate fraud, insider trading, some of the biggest names on Wall Street and Ponzi schemes.

The namesake for all the Ponzi schemes that came after. The man who not only pulled off this massive fraud, but was also evidence that if you are confident enough and able to convince others of your great abilities, everything is possible.

Many decades before Bernie Madoff went down in history with his giant fraudulent scheme

What to do during the coronavirus lockdown? How about reading some unbelievable stories about how individuals and corporations pulled off some of the biggest financial scandals? If you enjoy dabbling in the dark sides of finance, are doing research for a college or school paper, or are simply looking for a distraction from all the negative news, I put together a number of entertaining financial scandals that have rumbled the world over the last century.

Coronavirus, Covid-19, SARS-Cov-2, the virus that has caused a pandemic, measures that were previously unthinkable and that has sent world markets into free-fall. The panic that the coronavirus has brought in global markets is as vivid in daily life. Shopping is no longer the same. We wear face masks, gloves, keep a meter or more of distance from others. Life is no longer the way it was just a few weeks ago.