Parliament’s spending watchdog condemned “unacceptable” financial losses due to scams and errors At least £15 billion ($20.39 billion) of taxpayers’ money has been lost through fraud and error in the government’s Covid emergency loan schemes, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claimed in a report published on Wednesday. Condemning the situation as “unacceptable,” the committee claimed […]
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BLM chapter founder to do jail time for voter fraud – court
The woman illegally registered to vote six times despite being on probation for previous crimes, a judge found A court in Tennessee has sentenced Pamela Moses, the founder of the BLM chapter in Memphis, to six years and one day in prison, Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced on Monday. The 44-year-old activist […]
‘Donald Trump’s worst nightmare’ found guilty of fraud
Before he was found guilty of defrauding porn star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti was lauded by liberal media Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti has been convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing $300,000 from porn star Stormy Daniels. It’s the second criminal conviction in two years for a man liberal pundits once believed […]
UK battling ‘fraud epidemic’
The Commons Treasury committee has warned a rise in scams is hurting consumers and taxpayers The House of Commons Treasury committee’s report on scams and economic crime warned on Wednesday that the UK is suffering from a “growing fraud epidemic,” demanding the government swiftly introduce legislation to combat scammers. Despite the government announcing an economic […]
Democracy icon goes on trial for election fraud
Former Myanmar leader faces fraud charges in court on February 14 Aung San Suu Kyi, a former leader of Myanmar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is set to go on trial for influencing the 2020 election during the ballot to win a second term with her political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). She […]
UK govt responds to claims it ignored billions of pounds of Covid fraud
Figures showed that 2.5% of the more than £19 billion given in self-employment support was lost to fraud UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has rejected media reports that the government had “written off” £4.3 billion ($5.76 billion) of Covid support that was stolen by fraudsters during the pandemic, despite setting up a taskforce to tackle scammers. […]
FBI raids Covid testing company in fraud probe
The Center for Covid Control is accused of providing ‘deceptive’ test results The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing “inaccurate and deceptive” results and enriching its owners. The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control – which has received more than $124 […]
Trump Organization accused of fraud
New York attorney general wants former president and his two eldest children to testify under oath The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked the state’s Supreme Court to order former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., and daughter Ivanka Trump to comply with earlier demands to cooperate with her […]
Bulgaria, Germany, and Italy launch Europe-wide raids on 46 properties over tax fraud investigation into Italian mafia
A multinational police operation, run by Bulgaria, Germany and Italy, raided 46 commercial and residential properties on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of tax fraud by the ’Ndrangheta mafia. German police confirmed that 11 people, members of the Italian mafia ’Ndrangheta group, have been arrested so far in the raids, with […]








