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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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