There are many ways that executives can manipulate stock prices to profit and hide the misappropriation of company assets. Here are some common methods: 1. **Manipulation of financial reports**: Executives may manipulate revenues, defer expenses, or use other accounting methods in financial statements to beautify the company's financial situation and affect the stock price. For example, by inflating revenues or concealing liabilities, the company's performance is false. 2. **Insider trading**: Executives may use undisclosed company information to trade stocks to obtain improper gains. When they know that good news is about to be released, they may buy stocks in advance and sell them for profit when the stock price rises after the news is released. 3. **Publication of false news**: Executives may use the media or social networks to spread false news about the company's prospects, product launches, or major cooperation to increase the stock price and then sell them. 4. **Shareholder buybacks**: By implementing stock buybacks, executives can artificially increase earnings per share and thus increase the stock price. This operation is sometimes used as a means to cover up poor actual performance. 5. **Set up executive incentives**: Some companies link executive compensation to stock price performance, so executives may be inclined to take short-term manipulative measures to boost stock prices in order to obtain substantial bonuses and stock options. 6. **Audit fraud**: By influencing internal or external audits and preventing a comprehensive assessment of financial health, he may hide the fact that funds are misappropriated. 7. **Exploiting related-party transactions**: Executives may use transactions between the company and their individuals or related companies to transfer improper benefits. For example, transactions are made at unreasonable prices, resulting in the loss of company assets. The above actions not only cause damage to the company and shareholders, but also violate legal provisions, and may eventually lead to the prosecution of executives and damage to the company's reputation. Therefore, such actions are high-risk and will not bring real benefits in the long run.