# pump and dump

> form of securities fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned microcap stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price

**Wikidata**: [Q3268220](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3268220)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pump-and-dump


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Pump and dump - RationalWiki](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pump_and_dump)