China details charges against foreign fraud investigators
Chinese state television put two foreign fraud investigators on display Tuesday as police announced they had been charged with illegally obtaining personal information.
Suspects arraigned in US over global penny-stock fraud
Six people appeared in US federal courts on Wednesday in connection with what American officials are calling one of the biggest international penny stock frauds ever investigated.
US sues Bank of America for fraud over mortgage bonds
The US government on Tuesday sued Bank of America for defrauding investors in the sale of $850 million in mortgage-backed securities ahead of the housing bust.
Ablyazov may be jailed for 12 years in Ukraine
Kazakhstan's ex-banker Mukhtar Ablyazov may be sentenced to 5 to 12 years in jail in Ukraine where he is accused of fraud.
Italy's Berlusconi loses final appeal in landmark case
Italy's ex-leader Silvio Berlusconi has lost his final appeal against a tax fraud sentence in a ruling that jolted the political establishment on Friday but left the government in place for now.
Berlusconi's fate in the balance in key trial hearings
Italy's top court begins crucial hearings for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday that will decide whether to confirm a one-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from politics.
Russia finds dead lawyer guilty of tax fraud
A Moscow court on Thursday convicted Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, provoking fresh outrage more than three years after his prison death.
US cuts prison term of disgraced Enron CEO Skilling
A US judge cut 10 years off the prison sentence of disgraced former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling on Friday after he spent years fighting his original 24-year jail term for fraud.
Global cybercrime ring targeted by Microsoft and FBI
Microsoft on Wednesday said it teamed with the FBI to disrupt armies of hacked computers used to commit more than a half-billion dollars in financial fraud around the world.
France blacklists 17 countries for handling foreign aid
France has drawn up a blacklist of 17 countries including Switzerland that do not help investigate foreign aid fraud, banning the use of their banks to help distribute development funds.
Anwar says only fraud can stop Malaysia opposition
Anwar Ibrahim said only fraud can stop his Malaysian opposition from scoring a historic election win as the rival sides launched a last-ditch campaign blitz Saturday on the eve of a tense vote.
UK launches investigation over ENRC
Great Britain's Serious Fraud Office started an official investigation over Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
EU finance ministers tackle tax-fraud
European Union finance ministers tackle tax fraud and money-laundering as they wrap up two days of talks on Saturday.
Blow for Hollande as ex-minister charged in tax fraud probe
France's ex-budget minister Jerome Cahuzac was charged Tuesday in a tax fraud probe after he admitted having a foreign bank account, dealing a fresh blow to President Francois Hollande's embattled government.
London court orders Ablyazov's accomplices to pay over $1.5 billion to BTA
London's High Court has made more rulings in favor of BTA Bank in the process against Ablyazov and his accomplices.
Khrapunov does not preclude coming back to Kazakhstan
"Kazakhstan is the country that has brought me up and this connection is very strong," Khrapunov.
China police chief 'who owns hundreds of houses' sacked
A Chinese police chief has been sacked after reports he owned hundreds of houses and a false identity card, state media said Wednesday in the latest scandal to fuel public outrage over corruption.
Leila Khrapunova ready to cooperate with Geneva prosecutors
Former Almaty Mayor's wife said she was ready to cooperate with Geneva prosecutors who initiated an investigation against the Khrapunovs family in suspicion of money laundering.
AU Optronics executive guilty in LCD price-fixing case
A US jury on Tuesday found a former senior manager at Taiwan-based AU Optronics Corp. guilty of taking part in a global scheme to rig prices of liquid crystal display screens.
London's High Court unfroze assets of Alliance Bank former managers
London's High Court canceled the ruling on blocking the assets towards former chairman of Alliance Bank Margulan Seisembayev, who is one of the defendants on the lawsuit on fraud for $1.1 billion.