Hong Kong police bust love scam that duped victims out of $46 million using deepfakes

Hong Kong police dismantled a cross-border fraud syndicate that allegedly used deepfake technology to swindle over $46 million from victims ...

Filipino ex-pageant queen accused of running Ponzi scheme

Maria “Dulce Pino” Dickerson, a former Filipino pageant queen, was arrested and charged with 24 counts of wire fraud, one count ...

Indian student deported after confessing on Reddit to faking dad’s death for scholarship

A 19-year-old Indian student, Aryan Anand, was deported from the U.S. after he confessed on Reddit to a fraudulent scheme to secure a full s...

Man arrested for telephone scam targeting Asians in Toronto

Zhi Yong Wu, a 57-year-old man from Toronto, was arrested and charged in connection with a telephone scam targeting members of the local Asi...

Chinese man jailed for faking livestream views using 4,600 phones

A man in China’s Zhejiang province has been jailed for manipulating livestream views, a scheme that earned him hundreds of thousands o...

Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong acquitted in stock, accounting fraud case

A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Executive Chairman of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud charges. About the ruling: On...

Man who conned 8 women out of over $400,000 gets stuck on window ledge while escaping

A man who cheated eight female victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars got stuck on a window ledge while attempting to flee from one...

Chinese influencer exposed for posing as Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine

A Chinese influencer who talked about his experience fighting in Ukraine as a Russian soldier has been banned from Douyin after online sleut...

Georgia man accused of scamming elderly Koreans of over $300,000 via pyramid scheme

A man in Georgia has been accused of amassing over $300,000 by defrauding elderly Koreans via a pyramid scheme.  Targeting church members: O...

Prosecutors urge no bail for ‘sociopathic’ billionaire charged in $1 billion fraud scheme

Prosecutors have demanded Guo Wengui, the Chinese billionaire charged in a $1 billion fraud scheme, be denied bail to ensure that he will no...

Exiled Chinese billionaire with ties to Steve Bannon charged in $1 billion fraud scheme

Billionaire businessman Guo Wengui, a political dissident exiled from China, has been arrested and charged in connection with a conspiracy t...

Adani Group losses swell to $65 billion despite 413-page rebuttal to fraud allegations

Shares of most Adani firms took a nosedive on Monday as the group continues to suffer fallout from fraud allegations, with stock losses repo...

Japanese woman conned out of $30,000 by ‘astronaut’ who promised marriage but was ‘stuck’ in space

A 65-year-old woman in Japan’s Shiga prefecture was conned out of millions of yen by a fraudster who claimed to be a Russian astronaut work...

‘The Thai Frank Abagnale’: Chicken vendor fakes being a lawyer for years and wins several cases

Pornthep Kachenpak, a chicken vendor, successfully faked his license to practice law and won several cases in court. Kachenpak was arreste...

54-year-old Vietnamese American man scammed out of $139,000 by online lover

A 35-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is being investigated for allegedly scamming a Vietnamese American man out of $139,000. Do...

Former Democratic California representative TJ Cox faces decades in prison if convicted of fraud charges

The FBI arrested Terrance John "TJ" Cox, a former congressional representative of California, at around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday on m...

Prominent Peking University professor accused of faking doctoral degree and work experience

A professor at Peking University in China has been accused of pretending to be a military adviser for Huawei and faking a doctoral degree f...

Reports: CEO who fired over 900 employees via single Zoom call has history of fraud, mistreating workers

Better.com Chief Executive Officer Vishal Garg, who is currently making headlines after firing over 900 people before the holidays, has a hi...

Japanese Man Arrested for Tricking 35 Girlfriends to Give Him Gifts for Fake Birthdays

A man in Japan allegedly dated 35 women at the same time just to manipulate them into giving him lavish gifts for made-up birthdays. Takashi...

Woman Arrested After Making $100,000 Using Loophole in Amazon’s Return Policy

A 32-year-old woman from Tampa, Florida, was arrested for taking advantage of a loophole in Amazon’s return policy and earned more than $100...

Chinese Mom Pays $400,000 to Get Son Into UCLA as a Fake Soccer Player

A Chinese mother from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada was arrested for bribery to get her son into the University of California, Los Angele...

Fake California Pastors Scam Vietnamese Churchgoers Out of $25 Million

A pair of “pastors” who operated a “virtual church” that allegedly scammed millions of dollars from Vietnamese worshipers is now under inves...

U.S. Formally C‌harg‌e‌s Huawei and CFO with Fraud, Obstruction and Conspiracy

The U.S. filed a slew of c‌rimi‌n‌al c‌har‌ge‌s against Chinese tech giant, Huawei and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on Monday. T...

Malaysian Man Who ‘Lost’ His iPhone Every Year for 5 Years A‌rre‌ste‌d By P‌oli‌c‌e

A Malaysian man who suspiciously ‘loses’ his iPhone every year was recently ar‌res‌t‌ed after local aut‌hor‌itie‌s uncovered his...

Yakuza Member Who Ran $724,000 Scam Ar‌re‌s‌ted in Thai Airport

A member of the biggest yakuza organization Yamaguchi-gumi was ar‌r‌es‌t‌ed at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport last week as he attempted to b...

Thai Woman’s Fake Trip to Japan Scam Leaves 2,000 Customers Stranded at Bangkok Airport

Thia police have arrested Pasit Arinchayapit who allegedly scammed thousands of tourists by promising a trip to Japan for the Songkran Festi...