financial fraud

Santander bank issues £4,500 warning to all customers | UK | News

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Santander bank issues £4,500 warning to all customers | UK | News

More than £3.8 million was reported as stolen from Santander UK customers in romance scams in the past six months, marking a 27% jump compared with the previous half-year period. Customers aged 18 to 93 were affected, the bank said. The average loss to romance fraudsters was £4,500. Santander customers lost £6,826,748 to romance scams … Read more

Vietnam tycoon receives death sentence in fraud case – National

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Vietnam tycoon receives death sentence in fraud case – National

A court in Vietnam handed the death sentence on Thursday to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong (US$12.5-billion) financial fraud, the country’s biggest on record, state media said. Her trial, begun on March 5 and ending earlier than planned, was one dramatic result of a campaign against corruption that … Read more