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Singapore cracks down on scammers with mandatory caning as fraud cases surge
Singapore has mandated caning of up to 24 strokes for scammers from December 30 as part of new legislation aiming to tackle the rise in fraud cases. The law, approved by parliament last month, augment...
213 Latvians, mostly teenagers, recruited for €1.6 million fraud scheme, Ukraine-Latvia investigation reveals
Latvian and Ukrainian authorities have uncovered a financial crime syndicate involving 300 individuals, with 213 of them being Latvian teenagers enlisted in a fraudulent scheme valued at around €1.6 m...
Hong Kong customs arrests 5 in suspected HK$8.9 billion ‘phantom trading’ racket
Hong Kong customs have arrested five individuals suspected of laundering HK$8.9 billion over four years using a sophisticated scheme involving fake shipping websites for what authorities describe as '...
Leader of 764 offshoot pleads guilty, faces up to 60 years in jail
Alexis Chavez has pleaded guilty to coercing multiple victims during a long-term criminal operation as part of a violent extremist group he joined when underage in 2022. This marks another legal setba...
China teen makes fraudulent returns on cosmetics platform, profiting US$570,000 from resale
A 17-year-old Chinese individual has been sentenced to six years in prison for making over 11,900 fraudulent refund applications on a cosmetics shopping platform, without returning the goods. The teen...
French court to deliver verdict over cyber harassment of Brigitte Macron
A French court is set to deliver its verdict regarding cyber harassment against First Lady Brigitte Macron, with the case focusing on the dissemination of false information about her personal life. Th...
CBI Charges Delhi Resident With Impersonating PM Modi In Emails To Pentagon And ISRO
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed charges against a resident of New Delhi for impersonating Prime Minister Narendra Modi in emails sent to the Pentagon and the Indian Space Research ...
Birmingham arrest over social media people-smuggling ads
A man was arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of advertising people smuggling services through social media platforms as part of an operation by the National Crime Agency and West Midlands Police....