Finance
Turkey Stock Market Scandal Affects Hundreds of Thousands of Investors, Disproportionately Hurting Those with Limited Means
Hundreds of thousands of Turkish investors lost capital due to a massive fraud scheme involving two fund managers, Pursula and Tera, who artificially inflated stock prices through circular trading. The scandal came to light in June when MSCI flagged potential market manipulation, but panic only erupted last week after S&P Dow Jones threatened Turkey's credit rating. Authorities arrested four key figures, but the Financial Times correspondent estimates that investors who did not withdraw in time will recover only 20 percent of their deposits. This results in an 80 percent loss for approximately 300,000 small-scale investors, many of whom were already struggling with high inflation and economic difficulties.
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