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The following is an alphabetical list of notable people known to have committed fraud. A Frank Abagnale Jr. , American impostor who wrote bad checks in 12 countries until arrested in 1969: falsely represented himself as a qualified member of professions such as airline pilot, doctor, attorney, and teacher; the film Catch Me If You Can is based ...
The Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) fraud case was a case originally brought in 2008 that involved the alleged embezzlement of 1.8 billion Dirhams (approximately US$501 million or £330 million) by a group of six (originally seven) bank executives and expat businessmen over the period 2004-2007.
This is a partial list of people named in the Pandora Papers as shareholders, directors and beneficiaries of offshore companies. In total, 35 current and former national leaders appear in the leaked documents, alongside 400 officials from nearly 100 countries. More than 100 billionaires, 29,000 offshore accounts, 30 current and former leaders ...
Pages in category "People convicted of fraud" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In November 2022, Gacanin was arrested in Dubai as a prime suspect in organising, a brokering and financing the cocaine consignment from Durban. Netherlands government raised an extradition requested for Gacanin. However, the Dubai authorities released him from custody two months after the arrest.
On January 16, 2009, the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office uncovered an £80 million buy-to-let property fraud scheme operating under a company called Practical Property Portfolio in which at least 1,750 investors were conned out of £25,000 each in return for a promise of a house in the North East of England. All five directors—John Potts ...
Justin Sun, a 34-year-old Chinese crypto king, was charged with fraud, accused by the SEC of "orchestrating a promotional campaign in which he and his celebrity promoters hid the fact that the ...
In 1995, Sarah Balabagan, a Filipino migrant worker, killed her employer in his Al Ain house. [12] The case garnered significant media attention in her native Philippines. She was charged with premeditated murder and sentenced to death by firing squad, and maintained that she killed him in self-defence after he tried to rape he