fraud
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A court in China’s Shanxi province sentenced Yang Rongli to 15 years for fraud in June 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
His clients on the street of shame included Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, the cryptocurrency fraud, which collapsed in 2022, costing investors billions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
According to supporters, the need for charter changes was driven in part by fraud and corruption scandals at City Hall, including three council members charged with felonies between 2020 and 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday that police were investigating the organisers for alleged fraud, citing an unnamed source.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“He’s no more capable of fraud than of flying,” she said flatly.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Now they crowdsource questions about when the beds will come and how they will work and argue over which medbed whistleblowers are real and which are frauds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The FBI handles international cyber frauds and cross-border financial crimes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Banks have been grappling with a surge in scams and frauds driven by sophisticated criminal operations located in parts of Southeast Asia and Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The idea is to get people meeting in person as quickly as possible because online dating has become a minefield littered with deception and frauds.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Harsnett had been much influenced by Reginald Scot, and had set out to prove that cases of supposed demonic possession were in fact deliberate frauds.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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