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US charges Indian billionaire Adani over alleged $250m bribery scheme
The Adani Group has denied the allegations of bribery and fraud, calling them "baseless".Top stories - BBC News - 1 hour ago -
US fraud charges roil Adani’s empire
Plus, boutique bank PJT mints a new billionaire and Poonawalla family property purchase dispels non-dom fearsWorld - Financial Times - 8 hours ago -
Former Wall Street investor sentenced to prison over massive fraud
Hwang was found guilty of fraud in a case that cost Wall Street banks billions of dollars in losses.Top stories - BBC News - 9 hours ago -
Four arrested in insurance fraud plot with bizarre twist
Nationwide cases of insurance fraud cost the United States about $40 billion a year, according to the FBI. This week in California, four people were arrested in an alleged insurance fraud plot with ...Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Election fraud? Claims disappear after Trump victory
The steady drumbeat from the GOP pushing false claims of widespread election fraud has largely gone silent in the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory. Trump has never acknowledged his loss in ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Pennsylvania Becomes Focus of Claims of Election Fraud on X
More than 60 percent of posts discussing election fraud on X on Tuesday focused on the state, according to an analysis of about 25,000 posts.Tech - The New York Times - November 6 -
Trump's claim of 'massive cheating' in Philadelphia rejected by officials
BBC Verify investigates claims spreading online questioning the integrity of the US election.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Arizona’s Kari Lake Is Already Claiming Election Fraud
The night before the election, Senate candidate Kari Lake of Arizona, a former TV anchor turned election truther, thanked her supporters for voting early—something she has long railed against.Tech - Wired - November 5 -
Netflix Europe offices raided in tax fraud probe
The raid is part of an investigation in France and the Netherlands that began in November 2022.Top stories - BBC News - November 5 -
Super Micro Computer Stock Crashes, Wall Street Concerns Grow
Shares of the Nvidia customer have crashed since its accounting firm, Ernst & Young, resigned.Business - Inc. - November 1 -
Shapiro calls Vance's Pennsylvania voter fraud claim 'bull----'
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro dismissed a claim from Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, in which the Ohio senator alleged in a post on the social platform X that voters being turned ...Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
BBC Verify on claims of Pennsylvania voter fraud
Claims have been spreading on social media alleging voter fraud in Pennsylvania - BBC Verify examines them.Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
Court in Slovakia upholds tax fraud verdict against former President Kiska
An appeals court in Slovakia has upheld a lower court ruling that found former President Andrej Kiska guilty of tax fraud and given him a suspended sentenceWorld - ABC News - October 31 -
Trump highlights Biden's "garbage" comment, alleges fraud with Pennsylvania ballots
Former President Donald Trump climbed aboard a garbage truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, highlighting a recent remark by President Biden in which he called Trump supporters "garbage," which the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
Election fraud rare in US elections, despite persistent claims otherwise
Rigged machines. Illegal ballot harvesting. Repeat, noncitizen and even dead voters. Claims of election fraud exploded in 2020 as former President Trump and his allies sought to portray their ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Trump campaign claims voter fraud in Pennsylvania, despite evidence to the contrary
Despite claims by former President Trump and his allies that there have been issues in Pennsylvania including voters being turned away and fraudulent ballots, there is no evidence of widespread ...Politics - NBC News - October 30 -
Trump sparks concern with claims of fraud in Pennsylvania
Former President Trump is sowing doubt about the election results in Pennsylvania less than one week before Election Day, making explosive and misleading claims about fraud in the commonwealth. The ...Politics - The Hill - October 30 -
Monitors, Once Meant to Prevent Election Fraud, Now Seek to Prove It
Polling place monitors have long provided oversight to elections. But this year, many are there to provide documentation for Donald J. Trump’s claims of fraud.Top stories - The New York Times - October 30 -
Trump and his allies ramp up election fraud allegations in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump and his allies are seizing on routine election processes as signs of fraud in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.Politics - NBC News - October 30 -
FTX’s engineering chief Nishad Singh spared prison time in fraud case
Coder was one of several members of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle to testify against their former boss at trialBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Ex-FTC Executive Singh Spared Prison for Role in Crypto Fraud
The former chief engineer at FTX cooperated extensively with prosecutors in their case against founder Sam Bankman-Fried.Business - Inc. - October 30 -
Trump falsely claims noncitizen voter fraud is widespread. Here are 5 facts.
Voter fraud by noncitizens is very rare and does not occur in numbers that could swing a federal election, studies show.Politics - CBS News - October 30 -
Trio charged over suspected international PPE fraud
The trio, including a husband and wife, are charged after a National Crime Agency investigation.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
FBI warns of election-related fraud schemes
The FBI warned this week of multiple types of election-related fraud schemes perpetrated by scammers targeting American voters in the lead-up to Election Day. The bureau said Tuesday that scammers ...Politics - The Hill - October 30 -
No, Counting Votes for Several Days Is Not a Sign of Fraud
While the presidential winner was once usually known on election night, closer races and more mail voting have made it harder to make the call as quickly.Business - The New York Times - October 30 -
Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online
Pro-Trump groups have spent years building election denial networks that, combined with Big Tech’s hands-off approach and continued foreign interference, have created a toxic information ecosystem.Tech - Wired - October 29 -
JPMorgan Chase Sues Four Customers for Bank Fraud Seen in Viral TikToks
The people deposited fake checks and withdrew large sums from Chase ATMs, the lawsuits said.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 29 -
JP Morgan sues customers over viral TikTok cheque fraud
“Infinite money glitch” allowed the withdrawal of funds from cheques before they were cleared by the bank.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
China’s largest coffee chain plans to take on Starbucks in US
Luckin Coffee’s expansion into rival’s home market comes five years after company was delisted from Nasdaq and finedBusiness - Financial Times - October 29 -
Americans accused of noncitizen voter fraud face doxxing and intimidation
Efforts to purge voter rolls of noncitizens have ensnared many U.S. citizens who were newly naturalized or victims of paperwork mistakes or clerical errors, experts say.Top stories - ABC News - October 25 -
Elon Musk spreads debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud
At a rally last weekend, tech billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines and encouraged voters to share any potential signs of fraud on social media. CBS News ...Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Advanced ballot matching technology thwarts fraud scheme in Colorado, officials say
Advanced ballot matching technology thwarts fraud scheme in Colorado after at least a dozen ballots were stolen, officials say.Top stories - ABC News - October 24 -
'It's a lie': Georgia official pushes back on false claims of voting machine fraud
A Georgia election official is pushing back on false claims of voting machine fraud following allegations that a voter's ballot had been "switched" by a voting machine.Top stories - ABC News - October 24 -
Pennsylvania nuns reject GOP claim of voter fraud at their address
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie in Pennsylvania rejected claims of voter fraud after the founder of a group focused on campaigning to increase GOP ballots and mail-in results alleged that while ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
How One Georgia Voter’s Mistake Turned Into a Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theory
One voter’s mistake has been transformed into a voter fraud conspiracy theory, catapulted into the national spotlight by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.Tech - The New York Times - October 23 -
EU unblocks funds for Slovakia after U-turn on fraud sentences
Reassurances by Bratislava on legal reform accepted after €800mn had been delayed over Brussels’ corruption concernsBusiness - Financial Times - October 23 -
Cybersecurity chief debunks voter fraud concerns ahead of Election Day
As Election Day approaches, a CBS News poll reveals doubts about election integrity, especially among Trump supporters. Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...Politics - CBS News - October 22