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Equity Funding Corporation of America

By: Eric Cheney
In: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Edited by: Lawrence M. Salinger
Subject:White Collar & Corporate Crime
Keywords:equity (finance); Equity Funding Corporation of America; life insurance

The Equity Funding Corporation of America carried out a massive accounting fraud regarding mutual funds and life insurance policies in the 1960s and 1970s. Employees of Equity Funding used computers to create fictitious life insurance policies, then sold the policies to ...

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  Cheney, E. (2013). Equity funding corporation of america. In L. M. Salinger (Ed.), Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime (Vol. 1, pp. 307-308). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276175.n155
  
  Cheney, Eric. "Equity Funding Corporation of America." In Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime, 2nd ed.edited by Salinger, Lawrence M., 307-8. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276175.n155.
  
  Cheney, E. 2013. Equity Funding Corporation of America. In: Lawrence M. Salinger Editor, 2013. Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime, 2nd edn, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 307-308 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276175.n155> [Accessed 30 Jun 2022].
  
  Cheney, Eric. "Equity Funding Corporation of America." Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime. Edited by Lawrence M. Salinger.2nd ed Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2013, pp. 307-8. SAGE Knowledge. 30 Jun 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276175.n155.
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