62 “Scalping” is a practice in which an investment advisor publicly recommends the purchase of securitieswithout disclosing its practice of purchasing such securities before making recommendation and thenselling them at a profit when the price rises after the recommendation is disseminated. Therefore, scalpingis a practice attacked by the competent authority as a violation of securities law similar to a _______.
(A) bribery
(B) fraud
(C) mistake
(D) robbery