Securities fraud: Don't worry — Gordon Gekko will protect you

The FBI has a new posterboy for the fight against financial crime: Gordon Gecko.
MAR 19, 2012
By  Mark Bruno
The FBI has a new posterboy for the fight against financial crime: Gordon Gekko. Earlier today, the FBI released a new video starring Michael Douglass, the actor who played the infamous Gordon Gecko in Wall Street. Douglas is now warning investors about securities fraud - 'If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is' - in the public services announcement. He also urges investors to report instances or suspicions of securities fraud to the FBI, the other end of the spectrum from Gekko's days of preaching that 'greed is good.'

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