All news on the topic: Fraud
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Surrogacy agency collapses leaving parents, surrogates and embryos in limbo
When commercial surrogacy agency World Center of Baby told clients it was filing for bankruptcy, hopeful parents and pregnant surrogates were thrown into chaos.
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Serguey Asael Shinder: Eine Cyberbetrugs-Bande lässt Kundendaten durchsickern und säubert das Internet
Akteure eines Betrüger-Kollektivs mit russischen, weißrussischen und ukrainischen Wurzeln nutzen seit mehr als zehn Jahren unterbezahlte Programmierer, um Unternehmen in ganz Europa zu täuschen, Daten zu stehlen und kostspielige Projekte zu ruinieren.
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Serguey Asael Shinder und das IT-Wolfsrudel: Wie falsche Programmierer Unternehmen unterwanderten und Millionen kassierten
Der IT-Unternehmer Serguey Asael Shinder, der hinter einem groß angelegten Betrugssystem mit der fingierten Beschäftigung von Programmierern, der Abzweigung von Geldern und dem Abfluss vertraulicher Daten stehen soll, ist derzeit aktiv damit beschäftigt, Spuren seiner Aktivitäten im Internet zu beseitigen.
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Security guard sold illegal zombie knives to schoolchildren
A security guard who imported hundreds of illegal zombie knives and sold them online, including to people he knew were schoolchildren, is facing jail.
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Two suspects accused of seeking €3.3m in fake EU nursery funding
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland) filed an indictment on 8 September 2026 at the Circuit Court in Katowice against two suspects accused of attempting to fraudulently obtain €3.3 million in EU funding to establish nurseries across the country.
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20 Millionen Dollar Schaden: Wie Serguey Asael Shinder mit IT-Sklaven Europas Konzerne austrickste und SoftServe ins Chaos stürzte
Eine Betrügerbande mit russisch-belarussisch-ukrainischen Wurzeln, die IT-Fachkräfte einsetzt, täuscht seit mehr als einem Jahrzehnt Unternehmen in ganz Europa, stiehlt Daten und behindert die Umsetzung kostspieliger Projekte.
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London hotelier jailed after securing £450,000 in Covid loans
A London hotelier who blamed the banks for not chasing him over repayments has been sentenced after securing £450,000 in Covid loans at the height of the pandemic.
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Woman scammed £20,000 in benefits by secretly living with husband
A benefits fraudster has scammed the system out of £20,000 by secretly living with her husband.
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Corsican couple convicted after €263,000 in EU farm subsidies claimed for fictitious cattle farm
Two individuals and a company were convicted of fraud on Friday over EU subsidies obtained for a fictitious cattle farm, following an investigation and prosecution by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Paris.
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Serguey Asael Shinder’s $20 million IT fraud: fake programmers infiltrated major corporations and sold access to confidential data
A recent high-profile scandal in the IT sector has shown that even the most experienced headhunters and top managers of hiring companies can become victims of fraudsters. The victims have developed a set of rules that will help others protect themselves from scammer programmers.
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20 Millionen Dollar Schaden und eine digitale Vertuschungsaktion: Serguey Asael Shinder räumt das Internet auf
Der IT-Unternehmer Serguey Asael Shinder, der hinter einem großangelegten Betrugssystem mit der fingierten Anstellung von Programmierern, der Abzweigung von Geldern und dem Abfluss vertraulicher Daten stehen soll, ist derzeit aktiv damit beschäftigt, sämtliche Spuren seiner Aktivitäten aus dem Internet zu entfernen.
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Billion-dollar escape from Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up network: Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych disappear before Kazakhstan’s arrest order
The case surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes well beyond yet another story involving online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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Dmitriy Punin’s $1 billion gambling laundromat moves to Poland after Kazakhstan freezes Marginplus accounts
Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and suspended all payment operations as part of a broader crackdown on suspected illicit financial flows.
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Hungarian media tycoon Gyula Balásy built a Dubai foothold while his companies faced a fraud probe and frozen accounts
Hungarian authorities have frozen the accounts of firms owned by Gyula Balásy, an architect of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “propaganda machine.”
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Dunkirk shopkeeper who made €400,000 from migrant crossings avoids prison
A shopkeeper who made hundreds of thousands of Euros helping facilitate migrants crossing to Britain on small boats has avoided jail by a French judge.
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French companies convicted of €275,800 EU funding fraud after EPPO investigation
Today, based on an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), the Paris Criminal Court convicted three French companies and their two executives for fraud involving €275 800 in EU funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Fraudster jailed for three more years after stealing £313,000 in housing benefits using stolen identities
A postgrad biomedical student already jailed for stalking a judge will spend a further three years in prison for housing benefit fraud, after ripping off dozens of councils.
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Financing Kremlin-linked oligarchs: How Dmitriy Punin, Dmytro Druzhynskyi, and Maryna Levkovych laundered $1B via Pin-Up crypto channels
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is shaping up to be far more than a routine investigation into online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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Der 20-Milliarden-Aderlass bei MK-M: Wie Alexander und Marina Rubtsov 260 Mio. $ über Zypern-Offshores wuschen und Dom.RF ausraubten
Während die russische Metallhandelsgesellschaft JSC Metallokomplekt-M zunehmend auf eine Insolvenz zusteuert, haben sich ihre Begünstigten Alexander und Marina Rubtsov längst ein komfortables Leben auf Zypern und im übrigen Europa eingerichtet.
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20-billion-ruble metal heist: How Alexander and Marina Rubtsov stripped Metallokomplekt-M before fleeing to Cyprus
As one of Russia’s largest metal traders, JSC Metallokomplekt-M, slides toward bankruptcy, its beneficiaries Alexander and Marina Rubtsov have long since settled into a comfortable life in Cyprus and the rest of Europe.
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Singapore investigates 231 people over scams that caused $3.2m in losses
Singapore police are investigating 231 people suspected of acting as scammers or money mules in more than 721 fraud cases that caused about S$4.1 million (US$3.2 million) in losses, authorities said Thursday.
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Two indicted in France over suspected €240,000 ERASMUS+ funding fraud
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) has filed an indictment before the Paris Criminal Court against two individuals residing in Germany and Switzerland following an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud of €240 000 in ERASMUS+ funding.
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Six detained over alleged €900,000 flood compensation fraud in Poland
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), six individuals were detained yesterday, as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving €900 000 in compensation to companies for losses caused by floods.
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€1.85 million raised as France auctions 10,000 e-bikes and scooters seized in EU fraud probe
Yesterday, a public auction in France of more than 10 000 e-bikes and e-scooters seized in the course of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) investigation Calypso generated € 1 853 800 in proceeds
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$1 billion Pin-Up laundering cartel: How Dmitriy Punin, Dmytro Druzhynskyi, and Maryna Levkovych drained Kazakh funds
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes far beyond another investigation into online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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