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Exiled Bangladeshi poet falls victim to credit card fraud during India visit

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Written by Yajnaseni Chakraborty | Kolkata | Updated: February 16, 2020 8:39:44 pm Having found a number apparently belonging to DTDC couriers through a Google search, Daud Haider called what he believed to be the DTDC office. Exiled Bangladeshi poet and columnist Daud Haider has fallen victim to credit card fraud in India. Haider, who … Read more

Hedge fund boss Sanjay Shah in £1.5bn tax fraud trial

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London born hedge fund boss Sanjay Shah is suspected of swindling Danish tax authorities by setting up sham trades A London-born hedge fund boss accused of masterminding a £1.5billion tax fraud is facing one of the most expensive trials in British legal history. Sanjay Shah is suspected of devising an elaborate scheme to swindle Danish … Read more

Malaysian fraud scandal hits Goldman Sachs’ with profits down 19%

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Malaysian fraud scandal hits Goldman Sachs’ results with profits down 19% from the previous year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 January 2020 Goldman Sachs’ missed profit expectations as it blamed a surge in litigation charges Legal costs relating to a Malaysian fraud … Read more

Fraud claims against tech tycoon Mike Lynch ‘plucked from the air’

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Fraud claims made against UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s were ‘plucked from the air’, court told By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 January 2020 A judge has been urged to dismiss ‘manufactured’ fraud claims against Mike Lynch as the British tech tycoon’s trial … Read more

Serco bosses charged with fraud over electronic tagging scandal

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Serco bosses charged with fraud and false accounting after firm billed Government for tagging criminals who were dead or in jail By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 December 2019 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 16 December 2019 Two former Serco directors have been charged with fraud and false accounting over its … Read more

Booking fraud is on the rise with holidaymakers fleeced out of more than £7million last year 

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Holiday booking fraud is on the rise with more than £7million fleeced out of victims last year More than 5,000 British holidaymakers reported losses from booking scams   Most related to sale of airline tickets targeting people visiting Africa and India Other cases involve payments to stay at upmarket villas that don’t even exist   By Jennifer … Read more

Jury in £322m fraud trial against four Barclays executives discharged

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The jury in the fraud trial against four Barclays executives has been discharged. John Varley, the bank’s chief executive from 2004 to 2011, and three of his senior staff have been on trial since January over claims they illegally sweetened the deal for Qatari investors. It was alleged that they funnelled £322m in secret payments … Read more