News about fraud
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.
11 December 2012 10:48
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".
07 December 2012 14:33
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.
27 October 2012 11:13
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.
11 October 2012 15:57
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.
02 October 2012 16:41
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.
02 October 2012 15:22
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.
02 October 2012 15:02
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.
23 July 2012 16:12
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.
20 July 2012 18:18
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.
05 July 2012 16:11
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.
15 June 2012 16:24
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.
15 May 2012 20:26
Kazakhstan students accused of fraud in U.S. left the country
Kazakhstan students accused of fraud in the U.S. have left the country.
25 April 2012 15:09
11 Kazakhstan students involved in fraud in U.S.
11 Kazakhstan students got involved into fraud in the U.S.
19 April 2012 15:26
Authorities released Kazakhstan citizen arrested for fraud in U.S.
Kazakhstan citizen Aleksei Li has been released and allowed to continue his studies in Houston University.
12 March 2012 15:38
10 years in jail looms over Kazakhstan citizen in U.S. for fraud
Kazakhstan citizen may be jailed for 10 years on fraud charges in the U.S.
12 March 2012 13:37
London Court decreed to arrest Ablyazov
London Supreme Court decreed to arrest former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov for contempt of court.
17 February 2012 11:35
Trial over Kazakhs accused on fraud to start in the U.S.
Trial over Kazakhstan citizens accused of credut card fraud will start in the U.S.
25 January 2012 16:42
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry checking citizenship of those arrested in the U.S. for fraud
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry is checking the citizenship of the two aledgely Kazakh citizens arrested in the U.S. for credit card fraud.
16 January 2012 13:08
Two Kazakhstan residents arrested in the U.S. for credit card fraud
Two Kazakhstan citizens were arrested in the U.S. on suspicion of credit card fraud.
16 January 2012 13:04