Woman jailed for faking own death in £140k life insurance scam
A mother and her son have been convicted of insurance fraud by UK police after the pair faked the mother’s death in Zanzibar to claim £140,000 ($174,387, € 163,557) on her life policy.
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UK pays out £3m in client claims against Shearer’s former IFA
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has footed a £3m bill ($3.8m, €3.4m) in compensation to customers served by Kevin Neal, the former financial adviser to ex-football star Alan Shearer.
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Banned UK fraudster charged with £37m investment scam in US
A man disqualified from working as a director in the UK has been charged with fraud by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading investors in a $37m (£28m, €32m) scam.
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Messi to swap prison sentence for €255k fine in tax fraud case
Football star Lionel Messi could see his 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud replaced with a €255,000 (£224,313, $285,381) fine, Spanish prosecutors have said.
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Nearly 2,000 caught up in ‘biggest ever’ Abu Dhabi scam
Almost two thousand people have been caught up in a AED800m (£172m, $218m, €195m) Ponzi-style investment scheme that turned out to be the biggest scam in Abu Dhabi history.
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Mourinho accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has become the latest football figure to be accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors.
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Ronaldo eyes Spanish exit in anger over tax fraud charges
Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo may have decided to leave Real Madrid amid claims he is angry at his treatment by Spanish authorities and reports that Portugal has launched its own tax fraud probe into the world’s highest paid athlete.
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Spain indicts Cristiano Ronaldo on €14.7m tax fraud charges
Spain’s Prosecutor’s Office in Madrid has filed a tax fraud lawsuit against Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Tax scam mastermind who duped Crocodile Dundee star arrested
The man at the centre of Australia’s biggest ever tax evasion scandal that ensnared Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan is understood to have been arrested in Italy.
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Australian adviser given life ban for stealing A$2.3m
An Australian financial planner has been jailed and permanently banned from providing financial services after pleading guilty to stealing more than A$2.3m (£1.3m, $1.7m, €1.5m) from a nurse to fund his lavish lifestyle.
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Scammers use speech tricks to con victims
Cold-calling fraudsters use an urgent tempo when speaking or apologetic language to convince victims that they are genuine, research from scam awareness group Take Five suggests.
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Fraudster fined just £1 in £5m UK landbank scam
A scammer involved in one of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) biggest investigations into unauthorised investment schemes is to pay just £1 ($1.28, €1.15) in compensation to victims who were duped into investing more than £5m in three landbank companies.