If Someone Deliberately Understates Costs and Thereby Increases Profits, This

question 38

True/False

If someone deliberately understates costs and thereby increases profits, this can cause the price of the stock to rise above its intrinsic value. The stock price will probably fall in the future. Also, those who participated in the fraud can be prosecuted, and the firm itself can be penalized.

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