Kazakhstan prohibits Ponzi schemesThe new legislation introduces 7-12-year-long prison terms for those arranging Ponzi schemes and bans advertising of such schemes.
15 January 2014
New York cops among 106 accused over 9/11 fraudFormer New York police officers and firefighters were among 106 people indicted Tuesday over a "massive fraud" worth hundreds of millions of dollars, some in connection with the September 11 attacks.
08 January 2014
Six countries sign US pacts in fight against tax fraudThe United States has signed anti-tax fraud pacts with six countries and territories including some considered tax havens, the US Treasury Department said Thursday.
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.
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.
02 August 2013
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.
30 July 2013
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.
12 July 2013
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.
23 June 2013
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.
07 June 2013
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.
28 May 2013
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.
05 May 2013
UK launches investigation over ENRCGreat Britain's Serious Fraud Office started an official investigation over Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
26 April 2013
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.