Financial crimes

Financial crimes are crimes against property, involving the unlawful conversion of the ownership of property (belonging to one person) to one's own personal use and benefit. Financial crimes may involve fraud (cheque fraud, credit card fraud, mortgage fraud, medical fraud, corporate fraud, securities fraud (including insider trading), bank fraud, payment (point of sale) fraud, health care fraud); theft; scams or confidence tricks; tax evasion; bribery; embezzlement; identity theft; money laundering; and forgery and counterfeiting, including the production of Counterfeit money and consumer goods.

Financial crimes may involve additional criminal acts, such as computer crime, elder abuse, burglary, armed robbery, and even violent crime such as robbery or murder. Financial crimes may be carried out by individuals, corporations, or by organized crime groups. Victims may include individuals, corporations, governments, and entire economies.

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Assessing South Africa's journey towards a capable and ethical developmental state

Independent online (SA) 30 Mar 2025
... establishing a world-class digital forensics lab to support the investigation of complex corruption and financial crime, the Whistle-blower Protection Framework and Bill, to name a few.Budget.

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East Bay Times 30 Mar 2025
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Puducherry cyber police to get advanced equipment to speed up investigation

The Hindu 30 Mar 2025
As many as 135 First Information Reports pertaining to various online frauds and financial crimes were registered in 2024 alone. The registration of FIRs led to the arrest of 37 persons and the recovery of ₹13. 5 crore from fraudsters ....

Want a limited edition artwork tattooed on your skin? Berlin is the place to go

The Guardian 30 Mar 2025
But with its more recent associations with red-light entertainment and gangland crime, modern tattooing has long been shunned by the galleries that turn lines on canvas into financial assets ... ....

Minor raped at Meerut station: ‘Attacker had grey hair, in his 50s’

Hindustan Times 30 Mar 2025
The crime has sparked outrage and scrutiny over the GRP’s security measures ... On Saturday afternoon, Pushpa Pandey, a member of the state women’s commission, inspected the crime scene.

Sources: White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case

The Los Angeles Times 30 Mar 2025
... — and a case with no victims, no losses and no crimes,” Hanna said in a statement last year ... The recent federal case comes nearly two decades after Wiederhorn was first ensnared in financial crimes.

Is Lebanon’s new central bank governor ‘another Riad Salameh’?

Al Jazeera 30 Mar 2025
Salameh is the former central bank governor who was arrested in September for financial crimes in Lebanon and is the subject of numerous financial investigations in five different European countries.

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The Daily Mail 30 Mar 2025
In that regard, can a punishment fit the crime if it is proven to have been a major, sustained enterprise? If it is shown that they failed to provide accurate financial information, and failed to ...

'Pig butchering' scams are ripping off millions from Arizonans. What you need to know

Azcentral 29 Mar 2025
The average loss in investigated cases was just over $700,000, according to the Secret Service, which, in addition to offering protection to important people, also has an investigative arm that handles financial and cyber crimes.

EFCC: Achimugu’s Investigation Has Nothing to Do with Atiku, Sanwo-Olu

This Day 29 Mar 2025
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday reacted to media reports linking its investigations of Ms.

Boston bank teller embezzled $180,000. What did he spend it on?

Usatoday 29 Mar 2025
But - while today’s John Dillinger may have moved on to other forms of crime - Aut’s theft shows some vulnerabilities remain within financial institutions that can be exploited for a substantial payday.

Passaic County woman accused of stealing nearly $300K from two North Jersey churches

New Jersey Herald 29 Mar 2025
An investigation by the office's financial crimes unit found that Rivera, while working as a bookkeeper from May 2018 to January 2024, wrote herself checks from accounts belonging to Our Lady of the ...

IRS crime fighting arm announces modernization program

TimesDaily 29 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON — As the nature of financial crime ...
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