Fraud

Why was Vietnam real estate billionaire sentenced to death?

World
David Turner

Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death by a Vietnam court for her involvement in a $12 ...

Chad Daybell: Murder trial of self-published Idaho author set to begin

U.S.
Amanda Smith

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged with the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children ...

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Business
Jessica Roberts

NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds ...

Judge Juan Merchan runs a mental health court when he’s not hearing a Trump case

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Juan M. Merchan looked across his high-ceilinged courtroom, facing the defendant in a complicated case. Not the ...

Fake cancer research and scientific fraud allegations hit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Last summer, I covered the saga of Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino, who was credibly accused of flagrantly fabricating data in at ...

Donald Trump’s property could be seized if he can’t pay US$454 million civil fraud debt, New York’s Letitia James says

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Trump claimed last year that he has about US$400 million in cash – reserves that would get eaten up by his court ...

Scammers Sent Fake iPhones ‘For Repair’ to Get $3 Million in Authentic Phones From Apple

Technology
Michael Johnson

File photo of people walking past an Apple flagship store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Feb 20, 2024.Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing (Getty Images) ...

George Santos Is Suing Jimmy Kimmel for Ridiculing His “Gregarious Personality”

Entertainment
Laura Davis

Disgraced former New York Representative George Santos is suing Jimmy Kimmel, alleging the late-night host broke the law by generating fake requests ...

Donald Trump avoids ‘corporate death penalty,’ but his business will still get slammed

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all. A New York judge on Friday spared the ...

Trump civil fraud trial: Why the New York case stands apart

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations ...