The act of artificially inflating the price of stocks by brokers so that buyers can purchase a stock on the rise. The act of placing an item for sale at one price yet charging a higher price at the time of sale or short weighing an item when the label reflects a higher weight. Actor induces victim to give him some type of advanced fee in return for a future benefit. The future benefit never occurs and victim never receives the advanced fee back. Victim provides actor with the change, actor returns to the store to get the one hundred dollar bill back, however, never returns to victim.
Actor claims to do work off duty at a very low cost.
Once actor has the car, inferior work is completed and victim cannot get the return of the car until the very high bill is paid. A bank account is opened with good funds and a rapport is developed with the bank. Actor then deposits a series of bad checks but prior to their discovery, withdraws funds from the bank. Grocery stores amass large amounts of coupons and redeem them to manufacturers when in fact merchandise was never sold. Actor either impersonates sales person from a directory company like the yellow pages or fraudulently sells advertising which the victim never receives.