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By AFP
Madrid -
Former Spanish finance minister Rodrigo Rato was hailed for kicking off a golden decade of growth in Spain's economy from the late 1990s and later led the International Monetary Fund.
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By AFP
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Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato went on trial Monday accused of overseeing a "corrupt system" that helped him and other executives misuse funds when he was the boss of two of Spain's top banks.
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By AFP
Paris -
A French appeal court on Friday ordered "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel to pay one million euros ($1.2 million) to his former employer, Societe Generale, one of France's top three banks.
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By AFP
Versailles -
A French appeals court on Friday ordered "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel to pay a million euros to Societe Generale over the nearly five billion euros he squandered through his reckless risk-taking.
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By AFP
Paris -
A French court on Thursday heard closing arguments in the stormy tax fraud trial of ex-budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, accused of stashing millions abroad while leading a crackdown on tax dodgers at home.
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By AFP
Washington -
New York state's top law enforcement official said he has opened an investigation into the Donald J Trump Foundation, citing worries the Republican presidential nominee's charity has been involved in "impropriety.
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By AFP
Taipei -
Taiwan has charged three foreigners over a $2.6 million cyberheist that used malware to hack into a major local bank's ATM network, prosecutors said Tuesday, adding that they were seeking 12-year jail terms.
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By AFP
Paris -
France's former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac told his tax evasion trial Monday that he had stashed millions abroad because he wanted to maintain his family's standard of living.
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By AFP
Dakar -
As Gabon is rocked by violence following the contested re-election of President Ali Bongo, experts says electoral fraud in Africa is becoming harder, thanks to civil society vigilance and spread of mobile technology.
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By AFP
Hanoi -
Three Russian fraudsters, including one who tried to escape prison using a spoon and a toothbrush to dig a tunnel, have been jailed in Vietnam for using fake ATM cards to steal $13,400.
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By AFP
Port-au-prince -
Haitian authorities announced anti-fraud reforms for a redo of last year's scandalous elections that left the impoverished Caribbean country in political chaos.
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By AFP
Madrid -
Spain's top criminal court said Wednesday it had sentenced 11 former executives of stamp firm Afinsa to up to 12 years in jail for their role in a vast scam that ruined thousands of savers.
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By AFP
Bejing -
A leak of HIV carriers' identities in China was a violation of their "fundamental right", the World Health Organization said, after reports that hundreds of infected people were approached by telephone swindlers.
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By AFP
Taipei -
Taiwan has arrested three foreign suspects over a $2.5 million cyberheist which used malware to hack into a major local bank's ATM network and steal bags of cash, police said Monday.
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By AFP
Taipei -
Thieves suspected of installing a computer programme that forced cash machines in Taiwan to churn out more than $2 million were being hunted by police on Tuesday, officials said.
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London -
There are many types of crime and most are widely reported. One area that doesn’t get much exposure is food crime. This ‘hidden’ area results losses to the food sector of up to $50 billion per year. We take a look at the issue.
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By AFP
Washington -
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, facing a possible trial in France over a huge payout to tycoon Bernard Tapie, says her conscience is clear in the case, whatever happens.
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By AFP
Paris -
Billionaire French industrialist Serge Dassault of aviation and software giant Dassault Group went on trial Monday for allegedly stashing millions of euros in tax havens.
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By AFP
Paris -
A French prosecutor on Friday said IMF chief Christine Lagarde should stand trial for her handling of a massive state payout to tycoon Bernard Tapie in 2008 when she was France's finance minister.
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By AFP
Paris -
French finance prosecutors have asked for Swiss bank UBS to face trial for allegedly orchestrating a vast system of tax fraud in France, a legal source said Monday.
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By AFP
Brussels -
The European Parliament is demanding the repayment of 320,000 euros from MEP Jean-Marie Le Pen over a salary it believes was wrongly paid out to a parliamentary assistant, sources said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Versailles -
French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, whose actions almost bankrupted one of Europe's biggest banks, headed back to court Wednesday as Societe Generale seeks to recover 4.9 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in losses and interest.
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Online dating can be a horrible experience.
You can get catfished (meaning people online lie), get corny pickup lines, and field weird requests. (Let's not go into the details.)
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Online ad fraud is becoming a huge problem and it is one of the fastest growing organized crime businesses in the world.
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By AFP
Paris -
A French tribunal on Tuesday ordered Societe Generale to pay 450,000 euros in damages for firing rogue trader Jerome Kerviel -- whose actions almost bankrupted one of Europe's biggest banks.
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By AFP
Den Haag -
Dutch and US prosecutors said Thursday they had cracked down on a multi-million-euro scam in which hundreds of thousands of victims mailed money to the Netherlands after being told they had won the lottery.
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By AFP
Port-au-prince -
An independent commission has recommended canceling results of Haiti's first-round presidential elections held in October, saying they were marred by fraud.
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By AFP
Bucharest -
Romania's anti-corruption prosecutor announced Tuesday that Senate speaker and former prime minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu has been charged with making false statements under oath about real estate fraud that cost the state 135 million euros ($150 mi...
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By AFP
New York -
The founder of an online underworld bank that allegedly laundered billions of dollars for criminals was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.
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The spring report of Canada's auditor general painted a grim picture of Canada's citizenship application process from July 2014, through last fall, alleging the immigration department was not following its own procedures.
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Knight being attended by wife, Helen. She wrote a letter to the local paper in South Wales saying her husband had a doctor's certificate attesting to his illness. Screen grab
The mugshot of Martha Nicholas. Hanover County Sheriff's Office
A YouTube screengrab YouTube screengrab
Another shopping trip with the wife. Screen grab
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - top part.
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - bottom part.
File photo: Skating in Holland, Unknown author, Oil on canvas 31.8 x 46.4 cm. Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917; on loan to the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, since 1979. Signed: Jongkind, but likely to be a forgery. National Gallery, London
A new report shows yet more corruption and fraud in private contractor abuse with relation to the occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, costing US taxpayers "tens of billions" of dollars. Photo courtesy US Army
A rather primitive looking phishing attempt. Do not respond, but move to spam folder.
Knight and wife coming out of court on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to 19 counts of fraud, forgery and theft. Knight will be sentenced on November 7, 2014. Screen grab
Official looking though this e-mail may appear, it is NOT from British Telecom.
Mayor of Montreal Michael Applebaum is under arrest. Appelbaum is accused of corruption and fraud in municipal affairs, amounting to 14 charges in all Abdallahh
A screengrab of an e-mail from Robin Dyer of the Bermuda Police - top part.
Babylon is another scam search engine. Don't click the link, don't click anything, close the page and get rid of it.
Knight was caught on CCTV shopping at various Tesco stores across the country. Screen grab
A screengrab from the website of Colin Fry. The dead can speak, but apparently they don't spell so good.
U.S. financial institutions are issuing credit cards with EMV computer chips, which are widespread in other parts of the world. They promise to be more secure than traditional magnetic stripe cards. CreditCards.com
Don't be fooled. There is NO such compulsory update from Yahoo! or anyone else. Give InboxAce a miss.
Knight pretended to be a quadriplegic and subject to periods of being comatose for two years. Screen grab
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