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Online misinformation about the presidential election plummeted after President Donald Trump was suspended from Twitter and several other social media platforms. Claims of election fraud dropped 73 percent after the ban, according to a new report from research firm Zignal Labs, from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000. The fastest and biggest decline was on Twitter, … Read more
Dutch PM Mark Rutte and his entire cabinet resigned today over a child benefits scandal in which thousands of families were wrongly accused of fraud. Rutte accepted responsibility after as many as 26,000 innocent parents were left in financial ruin after being wrongly forced to pay back tens of thousands of euros in a scandal … Read more
A conwoman who is refusing to pay back any of the £250,000 she defrauded from two dead people’s estates ranted that the judge is a ‘wicked racist’ as she vowed to have him arrested. Georgia Forteath, 41, and her husband Harvil Connally, 49, were both previously jailed for swindling the money by claiming they were … Read more
British hedge fund tycoon hit with £1.5bn fraud charge by Danish authorities By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:21 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 7 January 2021 A British hedge fund tycoon has been charged with fraud by Danish authorities relating to one of the biggest financial heists ever seen. … Read more
President Donald Trump cried out voter fraud as the Georgia Senate run-off races look more favorable to Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as Tuesday night progressed. ‘Looks like they are setting up a big “voter dump” against the Republican candidates,’ Trump wrote. ‘Waiting to see how many votes they need?’ the president tweeted around … Read more
Earl Spencer’s former security chief has reportedly complained to police over the faking of his bank statements which were used by Martin Bashir to gain an interview with Princess Diana. Alan Waller’s lawyer is said to have written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick to request an investigation into ‘very serious concerns’ over … Read more
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio face grillings from MPs over HBOS scandal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 Andrew Bailey and Antonio Horta-Osorio face a grilling from MPs over the aftermath of the HBOS Reading … Read more
African internet scammers target lonely locked-down Brits as romance fraud hits record 7,000 cases in 2020 and detectives call on ministers to crack down on Facebook Graeme Biggar, head of National Crime Agency’s National Economic Crime Centre, said agency is combating surge in fraud during Covid-19 pandemic He warned social media companies like Facebook would … Read more
Thousands of people now depend on others to do their shopping, withdraw cash and pay bills on their behalf because of the pandemic. But this has put them at a greater risk of fraud. Last year, there were 29,180 concerns raised over financial abuse, according to NHS records. And if you hand your bank card … Read more
The Department of Justice has extradited a Canadian citizen from Spain and charged him with defrauding over one million Americans out for nearly $200m in an international psychic mail fraud scam that spanned two decades. Patrice Runner, 54, made his initial appearance in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Tuesday having been released into … Read more