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TECHNOLOGY => Computing and Internet => Topic started by: ayodele on Feb 03, 2012, 09:02 PM

Title: Wisconsin woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock
Post by: ayodele on Feb 03, 2012, 09:02 PM
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant, a criminal complaint showed on Thursday. Prosecutors said Marianne Oleson told acquaintances she obtained $1 million in stock because her daughter was an acquaintance of Facebook's founder, and persuaded several people to buy fictitious Facebook stock over a 4-month period. Oleson, of Oshkosh, was charged with 31 counts of theft, forgery and making misleading statements. ...