Financial Fraud / Securities Fraud
Japanese prosecutors investigating SMBC Nikko after management arrests – Asahi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors are investigating SMBC Nikko Securities Inc following the arrest of four executives on accusations of...
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BES bank former patriarch gets 6-year jail sentence; lawyer says appeal planned
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - The former patriarch of the Espirito Santo family of bankers, Ricardo Salgado, was sentenced...
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S.Africa’s Zuma, Mantashe referred for criminal investigations, graft inquiry says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African corruption inquiry said on Tuesday it had referred former president Jacob Zuma and current...
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Former comic actor Zelenskiy is unlikely war leader for Ukraine
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - Volodymyr Zelenskiy swept to power three years ago promising to end a war with...
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Vatican judge rejects defence motions; rules fraud trial will go on
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The defence at a Vatican corruption trial failed definitively on Tuesday to have charges...
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Australia lawsuit accuses Crown Resorts of ‘innumerable’ money laundering breaches
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian government agency filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd...
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Indian police arrest former official at top bourse NSE – source
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's federal police arrested a former senior official of the country's largest stock exchange, a police source said...
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Star witness against ex-Goldman banker says wives used to disguise 1MDB kickbacks
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Goldman Sachs bankers concocted a scheme involving their wives to conceal kickbacks...
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Ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial hits snag over evidence disclosure
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping loot Malaysia's...
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Trump’s targeting of Chinese academics likely will not last after DOJ review
(Refiles to reflect the official name of the advocacy group) By Sarah N. Lynch, Nate Raymond and Jane Lanhee Lee...
Read moreFormer Warburg banker gets jail term in German fraud trial
BONN (Reuters) - A former banker was handed a 3-1/2 year jail sentence on Wednesday for his part in Germany's...
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Philippines’ Pacquiao vows to chase ill-gotten Marcos wealth if president
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao vowed on Friday that if elected...
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Nigeria says it has recovered at least $750 million linked to corruption
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's financial crimes agency recovered at least $750 million in local and foreign currency linked to corruption...
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Pope blesses those everyone loves to hate – tax collectors
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Monday encouraged the people everyone loves to hate - tax collectors...
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Give back the money, UK tells COVID fraudsters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public spending chief on Monday urged fraudsters who swindled billions of dollars of COVID support money...
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Vatican has signed sale contract for London building at heart of fraud trial
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -No The Vatican said on Friday it had signed a contract to sell a...
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Cardinal skips Vatican trial to boycott talk of rumoured liaison with woman
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A cardinal who is a defendant in a Vatican corruption trial stayed away...
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Ex-banker tells Swiss court that strip club visits were business-related
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) - A former top Swiss banker charged with making millions of...
Read moreSpain breaks up COVID passport forgery ring
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Tuesday they had detained seven suspected members of an international criminal gang that...
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Stage set for trial of Switzerland’s former star banker
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - A former 'banker of the year' faces charges including fraud and embezzlement in...
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