let me just clear one thing up Misrepresentation for financial gain = Fraud as an example: I Tell the bank i earn $10,000 when i only earn half that to get a higher loan

or in the case of a company: Reporting higher numbers to investors, reporting high userbases/install bases to convince other customers

Yes its fraud, thats what enron did.

It's a bad sign. And to all the people saying it's ok SHAME ON YOU,