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3. In 2022, Carlos Camacho was charged with embezzling over $2 million from A&A Investments, a
company that owns commercial real estate. The fraudster was a manager at the company and used
his position to take out loans and divert rental income from commercial properties owned by A&A
Investments.
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4. In 2019, three former JPMorgan traders were found guilty of spoofing, a technique to raise or decrease
the price of precious metals by placing and then quickly canceling orders. In September 2020,
JPMorgan agreed to pay $920 million to settle charges that it engaged in market manipulation.
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Vocabulary
Linkers or connectors
To state additional comments or ideas
Additionally
Also
Moreover
Similarly
To state alternatives
Whereas
In comparison
Instead
Otherwise
To state the cause/reason
As a result of
Because
To introduce example
For instance
Namely
Such as
To state the summary or conclusion
In conclusion
Therefore
To conclude
hence
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