A businessman dubbed “Britain’s kindest plumber” has issued an apology after stories of helping people were allegedly faked online. James Anderson, founder of the social enterprise Depher, used vulnerable people’s photos without consent and spent company cash on a house and car.
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cybercrime suspect, was arrested in Greece in 2017 and convicted of money laundering in France in 2020. Vinnik has partially pleaded guilty, expecting a prison term of less than 10 years as part of a plea bargain. The
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A cyber fraud epidemic is sweeping the UK (Image: Getty) TECH giant BT is blocking a staggering 32 million fake emails from arriving in people’s accounts every day as the cyber fraud scourge spreads. The company revealed it intercepts about one billion
Police in London say they have infiltrated and disrupted a website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims. Over 2,000 criminals utilized LabHost to create phishing sites, resulting in the theft of 480,000 bank card numbers and
Angela Rayner is being investigated by police for alleged council tax fraud claims alongside possible electoral offences. Stephen Watson, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), said yesterday that there were “a number of assertions knocking about” that the force would
High-profile real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death Thursday in Vietnam’s largest ever financial fraud case. The 67-year-old — who chaired a company that developed luxury hotels and apartments — was charged with fraud totaling $12.5 billion. Lan’s arrest
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A New York appeals court has agreed to reduce former president Donald Trump’s fine in his civil fraud case from £359 million ($454 million) to £138 million ($175 million). This comes after Trump claimed he would have to sell his properties to
Fraud has cost the Ministry of Defence more than £900million since 2010 – enough to pay for 170 tanks. The scale of the losses have been described as “staggering” and “a tragedy”. The Government’s admission that fraud totalling £927.55million has been detected