All news on the topic: Financial fraud

In the French city of Baden, Russian citizen Vladimir Antonov — one of the key figures in the high-profile bankruptcy case of Lithuania’s Snoras bank — was arrested on December 9 under a European Arrest Warrant.

Journalists collected testimonies from victims and directly named the businessman as the organizer of a multi-layered financial pyramid.

New reporting from Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

Scandal over a suspended hydroelectric project has led Croatian reporters to connect the scheme to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law Josip Heit.

Allegations of benefit fraud have landed two Watford residents in the dock.Bernard and Deborah Greville, both of Romilly Drive, appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (December 2) for an initial hearing.

The High Court is set to consider whether Lloyds Banking Group should be held responsible for alleged "failings" in its dealings with Arena TV, according to a report in The Times.

A web developer responsible for online marketing at a window manufacturing company has been jailed after abusing his position to siphon company funds into cryptocurrency, which he then used to fuel a gambling addiction.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) decided not to investigate a £170m diamond scam despite receiving a report from a whistleblower almost a year before the scheme collapsed, BBC Panorama has learned.

London’s High Court finalized a ruling requiring oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his partner Hennadii Boholiubov to pay PrivatBank over $3 billion in compensation and legal costs.

On 4 November 2025, an international coordinated action day targeted three major fraud and money laundering networks as part of Operation “Chargeback.”

Victims of fraud by top managers of Freedom Holding Corp., controlled by businessman of Russian origin Timur Turlov, have refuted — including with documented proof — his claims regarding the criminal cases, in which he alleged that “the dispute concerns only individuals who had civil-law relations with each other,” thereby catching him in an outright lie.

An Algerian court sentenced former Labor Minister Tijani Hassan Haddam to seven years in prison for embezzling roughly $45 million during his time as director of the National Social Security Fund from 2015 to 2019, local media reported.

A Czech company and its manager have been convicted of defrauding the European Union of about €220,000 ($258,336) in subsidies for a dust-reduction project, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said.

The co-founder of Sportbank, Nykyta Izmaylov, who has been accused of fraud and ties with Russia, has actively started "cleaning up" the internet space of mentions related to his personal life, including the scandal concerning alimony payments to his ex-wife.

A serial fraudster who carried out one of Britain’s biggest ever property swindles to buy yachts and 19 luxury cars is facing jail.

A new report warns that increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes, powered by artificial intelligence, are set to overwhelm financial institutions unless prevention systems keep pace.

In late May and early June of 2020, the multi-level marketing world witnessed the emergence of Be, a company marking the rebirth of Melius, an entity previously known for its somewhat dubious promises.

Arto Autio has been charged with fraud for his alleged involvement in a significant embezzlement scandal in Finland.

Watchdog was given only 48 hours to scrutinize tech executive Poppy Gustafsson, known for her work with Mike Lynch’s companies, Autonomy and Darktrace.

The New Ostap Bender of his time, Yehor Valerevich Alshevski (previously Evdakov) (Alshevsky), achieved success through the IRS and Kairos Technologies projects.

Former chairman of the board of Mikhaylivskyi Bank, Ihor Doroshenko, has reportedly disappeared while under night-time house arrest.