All news on the topic: Scams And Fraud

The owners of the Qmall crypto exchange have stooped from bandit "raids" to petty "show-offs".

Shah found guilty of gross fraud and given longest sentence for financial crime in country’s history

Studying the personality of Bohdan Prylepa, one involuntarily recalls the lines of one of the poets – «Oh, how many wonderful discoveries…».

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Wednesday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab of misleading investors about how much of its sales depended on the volatile cryptocurrency market.

Disgraced MLM veteran Holton Buggs is shamelessly challenging the CFTC’s request for a Traders Domain preliminary injunction.

Marcus Todd Brisco, a resident of Hawaii has settled SAEG fraud charges with the CFTC.

Several evangelical pastors in East and North-East London exploited children’s charity funds to steal over 1 million British pounds, betraying the trust of their communities.

Following a jury verdict against them, LuLaRoe has been ordered to pay $164 million in damages.

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta’s (META.O), opens new tab Facebook of misleading investors about the misuse of the social media platform’s user data.

Investigators across Europe froze more than half a billion dollars in mafia-linked revenue generated from Value Added Tax fraud

Michael Shvartsman was convicted of insider trading, while Eric Hannelius settled without admitting or denying guilt. Both men were involved in a company with contracts to track legal marijuana in Florida and other states.

Authorities in Germany and Cyprus shut down fake platforms, seizing luxury items and arresting suspects in a multimillion-dollar scheme.

We Are All Satoshi has received a securities fraud warning from Quebec’s Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF).

In a bid to tackle rising cyber threats, Nigeria’s police force detains over 100 foreign nationals linked to sophisticated online scams.

Malone Lam and co-conspirator exploited victim’s trust through fake support calls, extracting over $274 million in crypto.

Cypriot authorities stalled for 13 years on a European Arrest Warrant filed by the U.K., where Christos Christodoulides absconded from prison. They finally let him serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest in Cyprus.

Serious accusations of fraudulent conduct concerning his company, Monthly Millionaire Mentor Ltd., have been made against Douglas John Vermeeren, the CEO of Millionaire Training Systems and self-described author, film producer, and wealth management specialist.

German and Serbian authorities have dismantled a large-scale online investment scam that defrauded victims of at least 300 million euros ($323.9 million) through fake investment platforms.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the construction of a hotel and conference centre owned by one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, the BBC can reveal.

Roman Felik, who presents himself as a successful businessman, is accused of swindling others out of money to fund a lavish lifestyle and purchasing fake identification to conceal his true identity.

A hospital which paid nearly £95,000 in wages to a fraudulent nurse has said it will attempt to get some of the money back from her.

The U.S. has brought new charges against the CEO of a Nigerian airline, accusing him of falsifying documents to obstruct an ongoing investigation into earlier allegations of bank fraud and money laundering.

After pleading guilty to money laundering charges, Firoz Patel’s plan seems to have been do a bit of jail time and then live off $24 million in stashed bitcoin.