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VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why  

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CitrixNews Staff
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VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why  

A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud — and the role investors play.

For the report, published online in June, researchers built a database of tech founders and companies who faced civil and criminal securities fraud prosecutions from the SEC and DOJ between 2000 and 2023. 

Originally reported by TechCrunch. Read the full story at the original source.