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Spanish economy minister to testify in bank probe
Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has been called by the National Court to testify in a probe into alleged fraud at one of the country's major ...
Secretary to Spain's princesses to be quizzed
The secretary to Spain's two princesses is to be questioned in court in a probe of suspected fraudulent deals involving the king's son-in-law.
Somali government arrests 3 over scholarship fraud
Three officials have been arrested for mismanaging a scholarship scheme that sends Somali students to Turkey, Somalia's education minister said ...
Feds: 3 nabbed for widespread Gozi computer virus
A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits ...
UK politician slams 'lie detector' fraud tests
A British politician has resigned over a county council's decision to use voice analysis technology that some liken to lie detector tests on people ...
South Beach 'B-Girl' scammer gets 3 years prison
A Russian mobster was sentenced Friday to a relatively lenient three years in federal prison after admitting he ran a South Beach scam that used ...
Court refuses to halt Berlusconi fraud appeal
A Milan court has refused to halt ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's fraud appeal until after national elections. The court ruled that the hearings, which ...
UK court orders extradition of Credit Suisse exec
A British court has ruled that a former executive of Credit Suisse can be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges. Officials at ...
US: Arms dealer's associate arrested in Australia
An associate of a notorious Russian arms dealer was arrested in Australia and charged with conspiring to buy planes so that weapons could be ...
NY caviar distributor gets leniency in fraud scam
A New York luxury foods distributor who was charged with unlawfully importing caviar but evaded arrest for nearly a quarter-century until being ...
Former Israeli chief rabbi indicted for fraud
Israeli authorities have indicted a former chief rabbi of the country on charges of fraud and breach of trust. Eliahu Bakshi-Doron was charged Monday ...
Egypt opposition alleges vote fraud in referendum
Egypt's opposition said Sunday it will keep fighting the Islamist-backed constitution after the Muslim Brotherhood, the main group backing the ...
Greece: Eco-cruise NGO in fraud probe
Fourteen people have been charged with criminal fraud in Greece in a major investigation into a nonprofit group involved in a series of environmental ...
Ex-Anglo Irish Bank chief faces new fraud charges
The former chief executive of Ireland's collapsed Anglo Irish Bank, Sean FitzPatrick, was arraigned Friday on new fraud charges that he misled ...
Georgia: 2 Saakashvili allies charged with fraud
The lawyers of two protégés of the former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili say their clients have been charged with bribery, fraud and money ...
Russian opposition leader charged with fraud
A prominent Russian opposition activist has been charged with fraud and money laundering, the latest casualty in a crackdown on President Vladimir ...
Former IMF boss in Spain court over alleged fraud
Former IMF managing director Rodrigo Rato has appeared before Spain's National Court to answer questions over his stewardship of Bankia, a major bank ...
UBS to pay $1.5 billion over rate-rigging scandal
Swiss bank UBS agreed Wednesday to pay $1.5 billion in fines for trying to manipulate a key interest rate that affects borrowers around the world.
UBS to pay $1.5 billion over interest rate rigging
The U.S. Justice Department says an international investment bank will pay more than $1.5 billion in penalties in three nations to resolve charges of ...
Italian judge convicts 4 foreign banks of fraud
An Italian judge has found four international banks guilty of fraud in a case involving the sale of derivatives to the city of Milan and ordered the ...
Russian FM against any ban on US adoptions
Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposal in the country's parliament that would ban Americans from adopting Russian ...
Bill retaliating against US moves ahead in Russia
Russian legislators have given initial approval to a bill that would impose sanctions on Americans accused of human rights violations. The measure, ...
Russian investigators accuse Navalny of fraud
Russian investigators on Friday accused a prominent opposition leader of fraud and money-laundering, intensifying legal pressure on the anti-Kremlin ...