Investopedia's Definition of Securities Fraud:

A type of serious white-collar crime in which a person or company, such as a stockbroker, brokerage firm, corporation or investment bank, misrepresents information that investors use to make decisions.
Securities Fraud can also be committed by independent individuals (such as by engaging in insider trading).
The types of misrepresentation involved in this crime include providing false information, withholding key information, offering bad advice, and offering or acting on inside information.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/securities-fraud.asp

Do the necessary research, study and analysis before making any investment decisions including choosing an advisor.

http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/fraud-escroquerie/types/investment-investissement/index-eng.htm

Nova Scotia Investment Fraud Cases:

In a lawsuit filed against Quadrus, the couple said Dunbar convinced them to remortgage their home and invest both their pension funds, as well as some of their daughter's money — an estimated total of more than $1 million. They knew him for 12 years.

The charge involved 201 people who invested more than $4 million through Jabez Financial Services Inc. -- a Windsor, N.S., company. It was a company and researching the company and it's advisors may have saved the investors from financial losses.

Quadrus: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/glenn-dunbar-quadrus-investment-services-fraud-million-guilty-1.4065594

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Jabez Financial Services Inc.: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/n-s-investment-scam-mastermind-ordered-to-pay-victims-1-1m-1.3403905

Common Types of investment fruad:

https://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/protect-your-money/fraud/protecting-against-fraud/8-common-investment-scams/

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Five rules for avoiding fraud: https://faircanada.ca/investor-resources/five-rules-for-avoiding-investment-fraud/

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