Fraud

Taiwan indicts 62 over suspected scam centre operator Prince Group

Luxury cars to be auctioned off are on display in Taiwan.

Thailand seeks arrest of foreigner accused of $30m cross-border fraud

Son of Indonesia’s ‘Gasoline Godfather’ convicted in $21b graft case

Riza Chalid is wanted for his alleged involvement in corruption at state-owned oil company Pertamina.

Minnesota governor proposes to tackle fraud after Trump allegations led to immigration crackdown

FILE PHOTO: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks to reporters after he announced that he would not seek reelection, at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans/File Photo

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai wins appeal in fraud case

Media mogul Jimmy Lai in 2020. He was sentenced in December 2022 to five years and nine months in jail.

Fake vaccine trial: Patient who received jab said she had no clue what she was injected with

The patient, a prosecution witness, said she only learnt she had received a saline jab instead of Sinopharm after she was interviewed by MOH investigators.

Jail for woman over ruse to dupe WSG programme partner into disbursing $14.4k in grants

Chew Chui Shien was sentenced to five months’ jail on Feb 24 after she pleaded guilty to two charges - cheating involving $8,400, and forgery.

BTS fans targeted by scammers ahead of K-pop group’s world tour concerts

An example of a scam website selling BTS fan club membership.

Cyprus court clears ex-officials in cash-for-passport scheme

FILE PHOTO: Former Cyprus parliamentary speaker Demetris Syllouris attends a deposition to the investigating committee on Cyprus passports, in Nicosia, Cyprus April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo

‘No one is above the law’: Malaysian King warns graft offenders in government agencies

Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar stressed that graft is a betrayal of public trust and will not be tolerated in the country’s administration.

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