Former exec charged with defrauding non-profit of more than $130K
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has charged Valerie Barter, 50, with defrauding Violence Prevention Avalon East.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bell-island-exec-charged-defrauding-9.7151251?cmp=rss
Convicted fraudster Hugo Gallegos faces new million-dollar fraud charge in Regina
Hugo Gallegos is charged with defrauding a Regina business of more than $1 million while he was responsible for overseeing the company's books. Back in 2015, he was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Whitecap Dakota First Nation of $5.8 million.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/hugo-gallegos-fraud-charge-regina-business-9.7126290?cmp=rss

Two #CareHome managers in #Dudley #Midlands #UK got #prison for #defrauding one of their own patients (and they are of the same age group as their victim!)

#HealthAndSocialCare #England #crime #safeguarding

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0410wrwq92o

Dudley care home bosses Graham and Lyn Walker jailed for fake £175k will

The former Dudley care home owners tried to steal a late resident's fortune using a forged will.

BBC News

AUS$96 million dollars of our money spent on a #weather website that most find not as good as the previous one.

96 million dollars. For a website upgrade.

Someone got rich #defrauding the #Australian government. #auspol #BOM #BureauOfMeteorology

Chinese 'Cryptoqueen' Zhimin Qian sentenced to 11+ years in UK for a £5 billion Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, defrauding 128,000 people https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/chinese-cryptoqueen-jailed-bitcoin-ponzi-scheme-yv3t6p6n?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cryptoqueen #bitcoin #defrauding #ponzischeme

A lass from #Stockport #NW #England got 18 months #prison for #defrauding *at least 55* customers of #Lookers #Skoda dealership by stealing their bank account details.

Certainly a premeditated #crime, but not the smartest (she even used her own personal bank account, and appears to have used a customers account to get credit for her *own* garage bill (and then didn't pay the other instalments) so was easily detected

#fraud

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2025-07-15/woman-stole-22000-from-car-dealership-employer-for-luxury-holidays-and-goods

When #BloodMoney Isn’t Enough: #Raytheon Admits to #Defrauding Pentagon

#RTX’s bombs regularly kill children and civilians. It does white-collar crimes too, according to a $950 million #fraud and #bribery settlement this week.

Nick Turse
October 18 2024

"The #RTXCorporation, the weapons giant formerly (and better) known as Raytheon, agreed on Wednesday to pay almost $1 billion to resolve allegations that it #defrauded the U.S. government and paid bribes to secure business with #Qatar."

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/18/raytheon-rtx-bribery-fraud-weapons-war-crimes/

#FoodNotBombs #NoWar #Corruption #WeaponsManufacturers

When Blood Money Isn’t Enough: Raytheon Admits to Defrauding Pentagon

RTX’s bombs regularly kill children and civilians. It does white-collar crimes too, according to a $950 million fraud and bribery settlement this week.

The Intercept
Pakistan seeks arrest of Rolf J. Widerøe for defrauding Pakistani national

BaaghiTV English
"Demonstrators drowned out the MAGA press conference with cowbells and chants, making #Bannon’s last words before heading off to the big house indecipherable....Bannon is [also] accused of #defrauding donors with empty promises to build a border wall." The New Republic https://www.yahoo.com/news/steve-bannon-press-conference-outside-173402756.html
Steve Bannon Press Conference Outside Prison Ends in Total Disaster

MAGA mastermind Steve Bannon tried to offer his last words before heading to prison. It did not go to plan.

Yahoo News
Why is Seattle’s rent so high? The Justice Department investigates possible price fixing

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into alleged price fixing among large landlords, including in the Seattle area, who use a third-party service to set rent prices.