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Bloomberg· 2025-07-01 13:16
The ECB held on to two bonds of embattled payments company Worldline while prices slumped following news reports alleging that the company covered up fraud by some of its customers https://t.co/LYauzCq3BK ...
X @The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal· 2025-07-01 00:05
Arizona Athletic Grounds is a $250 million monument to America’s youth-sports frenzy. But behind the gleaming facade is fraud and deception, according to prosecutors. https://t.co/ebjwJ6MBtU ...
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BBC News (World)· 2025-06-27 12:19
S Africa's police intelligence chief arrested over fraud allegations https://t.co/Uk0JsboBSc ...
Hot Money Podcast: Agent of Chaos | FT #shorts
Financial Times· 2025-06-18 07:56
Corporate Fraud & Espionage - The Financial Times exposed Wirecard, a German financial payments giant, as a major corporate fraud in 2020 [1] - The fraud is considered the biggest in German history [1] - Yan Marcel, Wirecard's COO, led a double life as a fraudster and a spy connected to Russian intelligence agencies [2] - Marcel disappeared with millions just before Wirecard's collapse [3] - Marcel's activities included conspiracies to empower the far-right, corrupt politicians, manipulate intelligence agencies, and engage with organized crime [5] Investigation & Scope - The Financial Times has been investigating Marcel's activities for the past year [3] - The investigation spans from Vienna to North Africa, exploring Marcel's past and his connections [4] - Marcel's life involved high-end European restaurants, parties with a Russian lover, and involvement in the war on terror, including selfies with Russian mercenaries in Syria and Libya [5] - Marcel used proxies to steal classified military equipment, trail journalists and dissidents, and potentially lay the groundwork for assassinations [5] - The investigation highlights the fragility of law-abiding societies and the allure of the "other side" for some individuals [6]
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Investopedia· 2025-06-13 14:30
Carding is the use of stolen credit card information to buy gift cards that can be used like cash. Learn how to protect yourself from carding fraud. https://t.co/2BGgmXGAPs ...
Why Singapore is engulfed in a ‘scamdemic’ | FT #shorts
Financial Times· 2025-06-10 04:04
Singapore is in the midst of a scam demic. The city state of 6 million people saw a 70% rise in the value of money lost to online scams by its citizens up to 1.1% billion Singapore dollars. Now, Singaporeans have been seen as especially vulnerable to certain types of fraud, things like job fraud or uh or romance scams.A lot of these are being operated out of scam factories across Southeast Asia, many of which are populated by people who themselves are victims of human trafficking. Now, a lot of the people i ...