Fraud

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UK man pleads not guilty in New York to $99 million wine fraud

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A British man pleaded not guilty on Friday in New York to ch...

11th July, 2025

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Romania arrests 13 in phishing scam targeting British tax office

LONDON (Reuters) -Thirteen people have been arrested in Romania after phishing attacks against Brita...

10th July, 2025

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Standard Chartered Bank faces $2.7 billion lawsuit over alleged role in 1MDB fraud

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Liquidators seeking to recoup misappropriated funds from Malaysia's sovereig...

1st July, 2025

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Payments group Worldline shares tumble 41% after allegations by media consortium

(Reuters) -Worldline shares fell over 20% on Wednesday after an investigation by 21 European media o...

25th June, 2025

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Russian cryptocurrency firm founder avoids further US prison time for fraud

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A Russian-born founder of a cryptocurrency financial services firm...

12th June, 2025

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Crime gang steals $64 million from UK tax office in phishing scam

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's tax office (HMRC) said on Wednesday that its security systems had detect...

4th June, 2025

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UK launches probe into alleged solar fraud that brought down English council

(Reuters) -Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation int...

3rd June, 2025

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Britain sees 12% spike in fraud cases as banks battle $1.6 billion epidemic

By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's financial sector saw a record 3.31 million fraud cases...

27th May, 2025

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Ex-aide to Georgia's most powerful man detained after fleeing fraud trial

By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested an ex-aide...

27th May, 2025

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How FPAD is Transforming Scam Detection

By Sandy Lavorel, Head of Fraud Intelligence at NetGuardians

20th May, 2025

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Thailand mulls wall at Cambodia border as scam centre crackdown widens

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its its border with...

3rd March, 2025

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Open banking is on the UK government’s agenda, but is the vision achievable and is it what consumers need?

By Philip Plambeck, Managing Director, Computop UK There have already been so many developments in t...

11th December, 2024