Tag: fraud

• Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:48 UTC

  Paraguay: Peña appoints official under investigation for fraud

  

  In a controversial move, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña appointed Bella Rosa Flores Benítez as the new Deputy Minister of Family Farming. The new official faces fraud, falsifying public documents, and criminal association charges from Prosecutor José Godoy after she was accused of selling a 165-hectare property in 2021 that was not hers.

• Monday, April 17th 2023 - 23:00 UTC

  The “next Steve Jobs” and self made billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes to prison for fraud

  

  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was once hailed as the “next Steve Jobs”, said to be the world's youngest self-made billionaire and the darling of the US corporations world. The former Silicon Valley star falsely claimed the technology could diagnose disease with just a few drops of blood. Her company at the peak of her market aura was valued at almost ten billion US dollars.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Swindler Bernie Madoff dies in US prison aged 82

  

  Convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market who lured many millionaires to invest in his amazing deals which turned out to be losses, has died in a US federal prison at the age of 82, it was announced.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  US Justice has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud, Attorney General Barr admits

  

  The US Justice Department has not uncovered any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election, despite President Donald Trump's repeated claims, Attorney-General William Barr told a news agency on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Trump officially nominated Republican candidate: warns of a “rigged election” because of voting by mail

  

  President Donald Trump adopted a grim tone in remarks to Republicans who formally backed his bid for a second term on Monday, warning without evidence that he could face a “rigged election” in November.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  Guyana elections results blocked by the country's top court

  

  Guyana’s top court on Sunday upheld an injunction blocking the elections commission from proclaiming a winner in this month’s presidential election, delaying the results of a vote that has been marred by accusations of fraud.

• Thursday, January 24th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Barclays' senior ex bankers on trail charged with conspiracy to commit fraud

  

  Senior Barclays bankers paid Qatar £322m in secret fees during the financial crisis in return for bailout funds, a court heard on Wednesday. The case against four former executives has been filed by the UK's Serious Fraud Office over Barclays' £11.8bn rescue.

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Countdown for Rajoy's government: call for fresh elections

  

  Spanish opposition parties have launched a fierce campaign to end the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy after courts ruled that his Partido Popular profited from a large kickbacks-for-contracts scheme. The Socialist opposition announced a vote of no confidence against the prime minister with the backing of anti-establishment and left-wing parties, while the pro-business Ciudadanos (Citizens) – which had supported the conservative minority government until now – urged Mr Rajoy to call a fresh election.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 20:33 UTC

  China securities commission exposes biggest-ever case of stocks’ manipulation

  

  China Security Regulatory Commission exposed its biggest-ever case of stock market manipulation in a show of strength by the new securities regulator, who has vowed to crack down on rampant illegal trading.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 08:58 UTC

  Chavez sacks half of PDVSA board following a 500 million USD fraud

  

  Venezuela’s government giant oil corporation sacked half its board of directors Thursday after PDVSA ’s pension fund lost about 500 million US dollars in a Ponzi scheme linked to a Connecticut-based investor.