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South Africa Arrests Suspect in $37M Hospital Corruption Case
South Africa’s Hawks arrested a 37-year-old man in an investigation into corruption, procurement fraud and money laundering involving 635 million rand ($37 million) at Tembisa Hospital. He was detained at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport after returning from…
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Alleged Narco-Terrorist Moves to Toss U.S. Indictment on Jurisdictional Grounds
Lawyer for Sebastián Marset claims the U.S. cannot prosecute him based on a single wire transfer that routed through a server in Virginia.
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Singapore Police Probe 231 Suspected Scam Mules
Singapore police are investigating 231 people suspected of acting as scammers or money mules in more than 721 fraud cases that caused about S$4.1 million (US$3.2 million) in losses, authorities said Thursday.The 149 men and 82 women, aged…
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Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister Charged Over Failure to Declare Assets
A Malaysian court charged former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Thursday with failing to disclose his assets to the country’s anti-graft agency. According to state news agency Bernama, the 66-year-old is accused of failing to declare local…
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‘I Had No Involvement. Zero.’: Accused Mastermind Denies Killing Maltese Journalist
Yorgen Fenech testified he was innocent in the death of Daphne Caruana Galizia, even as prosecutors pressed him on cash payments to a middleman and leaked police files.
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Armenia Detains Ex-President Kocharyan in Corruption Probe
Armenian authorities detained former President Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation into the alleged acquisition of state property at below-market prices. The country’s Anti-Corruption Committee said six people had been…
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US Sanctions ICC President Tomoko Akane
Click to expand Image Judge Tomoko Akane at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, November 20, 2024. © 2024 Eva Plevier/Pool Photo via AP, file (Tokyo) – The United States government on August 18, 2026, designated two…
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US Charges Eight More Iranians in Global Hacking Case
U.S. prosecutors have charged eight additional Iranians in an alleged state-linked hacking campaign that targeted universities, companies and government agencies worldwide. The expanded indictment brings the number of defendants linked to the Tehran-based Mabna Institute to 17, nine…
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US Unseals 25-Count Indictment in $165M Crypto Case
U.S. prosecutors accused Edward Zimbardi of defrauding thousands of investors, days after he had been returned from Fiji to the United States.
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Fiji Hands Over a Man Suspected of Ponzi-style Crypto Investment Schemes to US
Following regulatory crackdowns in the U.S. and an arrest in the Netherlands, Edward Zimbardi was handed over to American authorities to face scrutiny over his alleged digital asset frauds.
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