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fromIndependent
1 day ago
Law

'Betrayal of friendship' - Dublin woman deceived friend into giving her 30,000 for Lanzarote pub investment

fromFortune
4 months ago
Business

A one-time '40 under 40' rising star in fashion pleads not guilty to charges she allegedly cheated investors out of $300 million

London startup
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Man who called himself Kardashian of Cheshire' admits luxury handbag fraud

Jack Watkin fraudulently persuaded people to invest in luxury handbags by showcasing a false wealthy lifestyle.
He changed his plea to guilty after being confronted with evidence in court.
fromIndependent
1 day ago
Law

'Betrayal of friendship' - Dublin woman deceived friend into giving her 30,000 for Lanzarote pub investment

fromFortune
4 months ago
Business

A one-time '40 under 40' rising star in fashion pleads not guilty to charges she allegedly cheated investors out of $300 million

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Tech industry
fromAbc
1 week ago

Meta ran ads for alleged bond scam that defrauded millions from investors

Meta advertisements helped lure about 80 Australians into a fraudulent bond scheme that allegedly stole roughly $23 million from investors.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Mum of two left penniless by Tinder scammer

A woman lost her life savings to a Tinder predator's fake foreign currency investment scheme that demanded more funds and left her penniless.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

UK sentences Chinese scammer after record-breaking Bitcoin seizure

The United Kingdom has sentenced a Chinese woman to 11 years and eight months in prison for a years-long scheme to launder investment scam proceeds into Bitcoin, luxury property, and other assets now worth about 4.8 billion British pounds ($6.3bn). Zhimin Qian, 47, was sentenced by the Southwark Crown Court in London on Tuesday, in a case that saw UK police seize a record-breaking 61,000 Bitcoin as part of their investigation.
Miscellaneous
fromMoneywise
2 months ago

NYC grandma, 86, loses entire life savings of $700K in twisted scam - now she's suing Bank of America, Merrill Lynch for negligence. Who's at fault?

The fraud started in August 2023 as fear dressed up as urgency. Pop-up warnings began flashing across 86-year-old Nina Mortellito's computer screen, claiming her bank accounts had been hacked. What followed was a months-long tale of manipulation that ultimately drained her of $700,000 - her entire life savings. According to a lawsuit filed against Merrill Lynch in Manhattan Supreme Court, the Upper East Side resident who suffers from age-related memory loss was persuaded to make a series of withdrawals over nine months, framed as an act of "safekeeping."
US news
US news
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Pleasanton woman expected success from Instagram stock market wizard. Instead, couriers stole $1 million from her

A Pleasanton woman lost $1 million to an Instagram-based investment scam that used social media contact and couriers to collect foreign currency over months.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Hacker News
2 months ago

Eurojust Arrests 5 in 100M Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Spanning 23 Countries

An international cybercrime ring stole over €100 million via a cryptocurrency investment scam, prompting arrests, frozen assets, and coordinated law enforcement actions across multiple European countries.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
5 months ago

Sentenced to 18 years for fraud, in a second round of prison

Richard Sterritt was sentenced to 18 years in prison for swindling $17 million from investors.
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