[fritzi]

There have been several popular books about famous fraudsters. I suspect that you come across some facts that would be interesting (if not profitable) not just to institutional investors but to the average nerd, or maybe someone looking for an idea for the next bestseller.

[kbennatti]

Like this? This Oxford City Football team, a boiler room operation, duped people by saying that they were bound by a voice recognition and proved it by using the phone to make some beeping sounds. https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2017/lr23869.htm

[bambax]

"Lying For Money" by Dan Davis has several chapters about financial fraud. It's a great read.

[kbennatti]

Or this? John Rohner, claimed that he'd developed tested and patented a "plasma engine" fueled by inexpensive and abundant noble gasses. He also claiming that he graduated from Harvard at 14 and had 3 Phds from M.I.T. Somehow he managed to dupe 98+ investors