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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

“Supreme Court Seems Ready to Allow Securities Fraud Case Against Nvidia; The case, which is in an early stage, accused the giant technology company of misleading investors about its exposure to the cryptocurrency industry”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” The U.S. ” The U.S. .”

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JANUARY 29, 2025

The Council of Europe’s Venice Commission has published an urgent report on the conditions and legal standards whereby constitutional courts can invalidate elections following a Romanian Constitutional Court ruling. The Venice Commission stated, “As a rule, the voters must trust that their vote is final. .”

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Friday reported they received 76,000 cybercrime reports between July 2021 and June 2022, an increase of 13 percent since last year. Cybercrime such as extortion, espionage and fraud were said to be “easier to replicate at a greater scale”.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2025

A Ugandan court on Wednesday charged nine senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development over their alleged involvement in corruption, electronic fraud, and money laundering in connection with a hacking incident that led to a financial loss of at least $21 million from the countrys central bank.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

She claimed these groups sought to fraudulently purchase 300,000 votes in an effort to undermine the referendum—an act she described as “an unprecedented scale of fraud.” The post Moldova president condemns electoral fraud amid EU referendum appeared first on JURIST - News.

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APRIL 22, 2025

Transnational organized cybercrime groups from East and Southeast Asia are rapidly expanding operations beyond the region, leveraging advanced technologies and strategic relocation to evade growing enforcement pressure, according to a new report published Monday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens , the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA), found on Friday that the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration violated core principles of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) for several years through processing personal data in a fraud management system. The predecessor of the FSV has existed since 2001.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Cybersecurity and digital governance organization NetBlocks reported a new national-scale disruption to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday in Pakistan, as protests erupted following allegations of election fraud.

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APRIL 12, 2025

.’ Yagublu was sentenced to nine years in prison under charges of fraud resulting in substantial harm, in violation of Article 178.3.2 HRW further reported that Yagublu denied all charges alleged against him, determining instead that the Azerbaijan authorities conspired to frame him for crimes on account of his political activism.

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APRIL 15, 2025

.” Human rights activist Gul’shaiyr Abdirasulova and local media reported that the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Chui region arrested and questioned Karasartova after conducting a search at her home and confiscating several documents. Relatedly, Karasartova shared a letter from Facebook on April 14.

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APRIL 27, 2022

After reviewing extensive studies on voter fraud, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law reported that “ fraud is very rare, voter imper­son­a­tion is virtu­ally nonex­ist­ent, and many instances of the alleged fraud are, in fact, mistakes by voters or admin­is­trat­ors.”

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AUGUST 4, 2022

A US federal judge has granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss wire fraud charges against former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan. The charges against Sullivan included obstruction of proceedings , misprision of felony (failing to report a felony), and three counts of wire fraud.

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MARCH 10, 2022

The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would create an office dedicated to pursuing reports of election crimes and establish a separate police force for the investigations. The office would have 15 investigators, who would run a voter fraud hotline and examine claims of election crimes.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

The CTA required millions of businesses to submit detailed reports on their owners and controlling parties to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). As of January 6, 2025, when this newsletter was circulated, reporting companies are no longer obligated to submit BOI reports. per month.

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MAY 12, 2025

Back in the summer of 2023, a California attorney — who was accused of blowing somewhere over $8 million in client funds after moving into the Wynn casino and gambling 24/7 — opted to plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. She has since committed herself to a rehabilitation facility.

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MARCH 23, 2022

Russian state-owned news agency TASS Tuesday reported that a court found dissident Alexey Navalny guilty of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced him to nine years in prison. According to Guardian reporter Theo Merz , Navalny “clashed” with the judge and accused the government of falsifying testimony against him.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The joint statement alleges widespread intimidation and arbitrary detentions affecting protesters and opposition leaders, with reports indicating that over 400 individuals have been detained amid escalating police violence.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The court acquitted François Bayrou “for the benefit of the doubt”, as local media reported. Nonetheless, he resigned a month later after he was charged with fraud. The post France court acquits François Bayrou of fraud charges appeared first on JURIST - News.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

According to reporting by Law360, the government alleges since Goldstein’s release he’s made millions of dollars worth of crypto transactions, a fact he kept hidden. He faces a 22-count indictment alleging his side career as a high-stakes poker player fueled crimes of tax evasion and financial fraud.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Goldstein, the Supreme Court litigator charged with a number of tax and fraud claims stemming from an alleged second life as a high-stakes poker fiend , will resume his prior scheduled release with several additional caveats covering his use of electronic devices. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

“Michael Avenatti asks 2nd Circuit to dump conviction for cheating Stormy Daniels; The disbarred California attorney says his wire fraud and identity theft convictions should be reversed because of the trial judge’s ‘prejudicial’ instructions to jurors”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tunisian Human Rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was released from jail after a ruling from the country’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday, AFP and Jeune Afrique reported. Despite the UN’s demand for her immediate and unconditional release on February 5, she is still under investigation for other charges.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2023

INTERPOL released a report on Friday stating that its “Operation Storm Makers II,” an operation targeting human trafficking-based cyber fraud, has revealed evidence showing that the crime has expanded to Latin America, far away from its center in Southeast Asia.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Furthermore, the suspects are accused of tax fraud, firearms offenses and documentation fraud on top of trafficking charges. Publico , a local news source, reported that many victims were recovered and remained silent and “afraid” during the operation.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) Monday released a report identifying international companies which are helping the Myanmar military junta ( Tatmadaw ) to commit atrocities by supplying them weapons it has used to repress the country’s population.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Ukraine’s main security agency, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), published a statement on Saturday handing criminal charges to Ihor Kolomoisky related to money laundering and fraud in his oil and gas holdings. The Ukraine Prosecutor’s Office is supervising the pre-trial investigation, which is still on going.

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

Santos was accused of nine counts of wire fraud, four counts of making false statements, three counts of unlawful money transfers amounting to over $10,000, two counts of falsifying records or documents, two counts of aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, theft of public money and conspiracy to commit offense against the US.

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MARCH 11, 2024

An AP and CNHI News report published Sunday found that less than a third of US states have agencies to resolve citizen disputes regarding access to public records or open meetings. The purpose of such transparency for open meetings and making records public is to prevent fraud and corruption in governmental agencies and institutions.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation on Tuesday to enable the Employment Development Department (EDD) better detect and prevent fraud, and protect unemployment benefits claimants from identify theft. The governor hopes these bills will better prepare the state to respond to future economic downturns.

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed that several hundred Tunisians are serving prison sentences of up to 122 years for writing bad checks, which is equivalent to fraud and is an illegal practice under Tunisian law in a report released on Monday. ” The number of debt imprisonment in Tunisia is disputed.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2023

Federal prosecutors charged Santos, who was elected to the House of Representatives for New York’s Third Congressional District in November, with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to the House.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Burke was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, fraud related to computers, intercepting electronic communications and disclosing intercepted electronic communications under 18 USC §§ 371 , 1030 (a)(2)(C), 2511 (1)(a), and 2511(1)(c) respectively.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

” Ben Mbarek was previously detained last year on charges of conspiracy against state security charges The Tunisian lawyer stated that Ben Mbarek did not criticize the work of the ISIE, nor did he speak about election fraud, but only criticized the elections in a general manner. .” The hearing took place without his presence.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Executive Health Resources , the court will consider whether a fraud case brought by an individual on behalf of the US government can be dismissed by the government. US involves a question of whether the failure to file an annual report disclosing foreign bank accounts constitutes a violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested four individuals on Thursday, including the former Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary for Tourism, Najib Balala and Leah Gwiyo, for alleged procurement fraud in the construction of a hospitality college in the southern region of Coast. billion to KES 10.4

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2022

The charges against Wells Fargo Advisors resulted from “failing to file at least 34 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in a timely manner between April 2017 and October 2021.” ” The post US SEC and Wells Fargo Advisors settle anti-money laundering charges for $7M appeared first on JURIST - News.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A South Korean human rights group released a report on Thursday stating that North Korea is using forced labor from its prison camps to mine coal and other minerals to boost exports and earn foreign currency. The group alleged that North Korea is using the money generated from the scheme to support its nuclear weapons programs.

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