BANGKOK, Thailand — The Criminal Court has handed down a historic sentence against businessman Prasit Jeawkok, ordering 1,210 years in prison for orchestrating illegal loan schemes that defrauded the public. …
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Gurraj Singh Bhachu has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention after pleading guilty to 12 charges related to falsifying loan applications and obtaining nearly $3 …
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SPRINGTOWN, Texas — Giovanni Primo Blount, 19, of Poolville, was arrested after allegedly executing a fraud scheme at the Springtown McDonald’s that resulted in approximately $680 in unauthorized charges. Police …
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Ahmedabad’s cybercrime branch has arrested five individuals from Jamnagar for allegedly working with a Nigeria-based cyberfraud syndicate. The accused, all local residents, reportedly played a key role in a sophisticated …
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EDINBURG, Texas — A San Juan man accused of scamming multiple victims with false promises of fixing their immigration status is also facing aggravated robbery charges after allegedly robbing a …
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested Tapan Pramanik, the kingpin of a Rs 4 crore investment fraud in Tripura, from Nadia district in West Bengal, officials confirmed. …
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Delhi Police have arrested 39-year-old Mohd Kareem of Jafrabad for allegedly defrauding an ATM user by swapping debit cards and using them to purchase household appliances, a police official stated …
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Singapore-resident, Rajesh Bothra, in connection with a Rs31.60 crore bank fraud case. Authorities took action after receiving a tip-off that Bothra …
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GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. — Former executive Edward Bittle, 51, has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding the Country Club of Green Valley of nearly $80,000, authorities announced. The Pima County …
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CONCORD, N.H. — A Romanian national with a prior conviction tied to a large-scale ATM scam in England was arrested in Concord and charged with multiple fraud-related offenses, police said. …