All news on the topic: Scam

When yet another so-called “cryptocurrency expert” tried to force their way into our attention, our first thought was simply, “Oh no, not another one!”.

New reporting from Croatia connects a delayed hydroelectric power project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.

In 2018, Dmitry Levin, who at the time was a senior executive at Otkritie Bank and is now a vice president at Gazprombank, was planning to acquire a commercial bank in Bulgaria.

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

AI deepfake videos of doctors and academics are being used to push fake health claims and promote supplement products, an investigation has found.

Emerging from an anteroom wearing a British-style red army jacket, a blue sash, and a crown of cowrie shells, the slightly-built king shuffled stiffly into his office, his eyes bloodshot and a scar running across his jaw.

A 15-year-old is among 268 people being investigated for their suspected involvement in schemes linked to losses exceeding $4.66 million, following a two-week police operation.

Around 50 million people worldwide are trapped in modern forms of slavery, “perpetuated by crime rings,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday.

Thai actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai and her husband acknowledged two fraud-related charges after victims filed complaints with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) today, December 3.

When the bombs detonated, they destroyed vacant office buildings and ruined echoing, multi-cuisine food courts. Dynamite brought down a four-story hospital, silent karaoke venues, empty gyms, and dorm rooms.

Turkish authorities have initiated a money laundering investigation focusing on the corporate network of Cypriot-Norwegian fintech entrepreneur Ozan Özerk.

A former mayor of the Philippines, who faced accusations of spying for China, has been found guilty of human trafficking for her involvement in operating a scam center.

Myanmar’s military has arrested 346 people during a raid on a scam center in the Shwe Kokko area along the country’s border with Thailand, the Ministry of Information stated Wednesday.

The United Kingdom National Health Service Counter Fraud Authority has announced that it secured the three-year conviction of a Nigerian doctor, Richard Akinrolabu, for offenses related to fraud by false representation amounting to £268,000.

The Australian, Canadian, and United Kingdom High Commissions in Ghana have collaboratively initiated a week-long public awareness campaign to address the increasing threat of visa fraud.

A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in an attempt to deceive people into giving him Bitcoin has been ordered to repay £4.1 million worth of the cryptocurrency, according to prosecutors.

More than 5 million company directors have yet to sign up for new anti-fraud checks despite a looming deadline tomorrow.

Media have determined the last hours of Roman Novak (a member of the shadow Telegram group), who was later kidnapped and murdered along with his wife.

A taxi driver in South Korea has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison for running an elaborate "fake vomit" scam used to extort more than 160 drunk passengers.

Roman Novak wrote that he had no plans to shut down the project.

In recent weeks, new details have emerged surrounding a financial scandal allegedly involving Roman Novak — a figure once linked to projects within Pavel Durov’s circle.

Georgian authorities have arrested a German national connected to a Tbilisi-based scam call centre that defrauded thousands of individuals worldwide.

New rules that will make phone networks block scam texts from reaching potential victims have been proposed by Britain’s communications watchdog.

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.