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.
Ghana opposition claims fraud in tight presidential vote
Ghana's main opposition party on Sunday alleged fraud in the country's tight presidential election, claiming it had evidence that its candidate had won the vote even before official results were declared.
Romanian millionaire hopes for upset in Sunday polls
He's under investigation for fraud and on trial for blackmail, but populist millionaire Dan Diaconescu drives a white Rolls Royce and promises to be a reforming figure whose goal is to "uproot the newly rich who have plundered Romania".
Berlusconi sentenced to prison for tax fraud
Italy's former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi was briefly sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud connected to his Mediaset empire Friday.
US sues Wells Fargo for mortgage fraud
The US filed suit Tuesday against US banking giant Wells Fargo, alleging mortgage fraud that cost the government hundreds of million of dollars after the holders of the home loans defaulted.
Madoff scam went back further than thought: US
Bernard Madoff's multi-billion dollar Wall Street fraud started in the early 1970s, at least two decades earlier than previously thought.
Most scientific paper retractions due to misconduct: study
When a biomedical study is retracted, most of the time it is because of misconduct rather than error, a report published Monday said.
New York sues JPMorgan over mortgage securities
The state of New York filed suit against JPMorgan Chase and its subsidiary JPMorgan Securities Monday over the allegedly fraudulent sales of mortgage-backed securities ahead of the US financial crisis.
Fraudsters left 110 Kazakhstan students without Work and Travel
110 young people paid Katrin Work and Travel agency over $2,000 each but did not go to the U.S. for summer vacation.
Businessman suspected of fraud against Kazakhstan pension fund in Canada
Ontario Securities Commission filed quasi-charges to a businessman in alleged fraud involving Kazakhstan pension fund.
U.S. court released Kazakhstan citizen accused of money laundering
Kazakhstan citizen Aleksey Li, arrested in the United States for money laundering, has been released.
Kazakhstan-born doctor accused of $3.5 million fraud in U.S.
Kazakhstan-born Boris Sachakov has tried to cheat Medicare insurance fund in the United States.
Kazakhstan students suspected of fraud may be apprehended at U.S. border
Kazakhstan students suspected of tax return fraud in the U.S., will be apprehended at their first attempt to cross the U.S. border.
