London Stock Exchange fraud of 1814

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The London Stock Exchange fraud of 1814 was a notorious market-manipulation scandal during the Napoleonic Wars, involving false reports of Napoleon’s defeat to drive up British government securities before the hoax was exposed.

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instanceOf financial fraud ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
market manipulation scandal ⓘ
securities fraud ⓘ
hasConsequence exposure of the hoax ⓘ
public scandal ⓘ
temporary rise in British government securities prices ⓘ
hasContext Napoleonic Wars financial markets ⓘ
wartime uncertainty about military outcomes ⓘ
hasCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDate 1814 ⓘ
hasEconomicSector capital markets ⓘ
sovereign debt market ⓘ
hasGoal to drive up prices of British government securities ⓘ
hasLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

London Stock Exchange ⓘ
hasMedium rumors and reports ⓘ
hasMethod market manipulation ⓘ
spreading fabricated military news ⓘ
hasNature deception of investors ⓘ
hoax ⓘ
hasOutcome fraud uncovered ⓘ
losses for some investors once truth emerged ⓘ
hasTimePeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasTypeOfInformationManipulated military intelligence ⓘ
political news ⓘ
hasVictim misled investors ⓘ
involves British government securities ⓘ
false news ⓘ
false reports of Napoleon’s defeat ⓘ
government bonds ⓘ
isNotableFor being an early example of securities market manipulation in Britain ⓘ
use of fabricated war news to influence markets ⓘ
relatedTo British financial history ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
history of stock market regulation ⓘ
targets London financial market ⓘ
investors in British government securities ⓘ

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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald → convictedOf → London Stock Exchange fraud of 1814 ⓘ