A man has been charged with fraud and money laundering after offences targeting 34 victims. Newhaven resident George Wickens, 23, was charged after offences in Stevenage, as well as in St Albans, Surrey, Sussex, Devon and London. Wickens, of Iveagh Crescent, was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by making a false representation and conspiracy […]
Read MoreSpanish ruling party’s ex-treasurer granted bail in fraud probe
The former treasurer of Spain’s ruling People’s Party (PP), in jail awaiting trial on charges of money-laundering and other crimes, has been granted provisional liberty with a bail of 200,000 euros ($231,820), a High Court spokeswoman said. Luis Barcenas has been in jail since June 2013 over a long-running corruption investigation which is a source […]
Read MoreHoover man charged in $3 million Ponzi scheme
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – A Hoover man was charged today with fraud and money laundering in connection with an illegal Ponzi scheme in which investors lost more than $3 million, federal and state officials announced today. Bryan W. Anderson, 40, is charged with one count each of wire fraud, money laundering and securities fraud, according to […]
Read MoreNEW TYPES OF BANK FRAUD
Mortgage fraud was one of the main reasons of the collapse of the financial system Most of the largest fines are in relation to operations carried out by financial institutions in the lead up to, and in the wake of the mortgage-market collapse. Banking fraud is not a new phenomenon, neither is the fact that […]
Read MoreWoman due in court on fraud and money laundering charges
A woman has been charged with fraud after £115,000 went missing from a will. Andrea Garrick, 54, of Main Road, Icklesham, will appear at Hastings Magistrates Court on August 6 for fraud and money laundering. It is alleged Garrick took the money which had been left to a Hastings charity in the will of a […]
Read More4 years for conspiracy to commit money laundering & fraud offences (Tuesday 05 March 2013 )
On Friday 1st March 2013 Martins Apskalns, a 27-year-old Latvian male, appeared before the Royal Court of Guernsey where he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for conspiracy to commit money laundering and 4 years concurrent for 14 counts of fraud by making a false representation. Apskalns was a primary suspect of a money laundering […]
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