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Category: Frauds and Swindling
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E.V. Start-up Founder Could Get Prison Term in Fraud Case
Trevor Milton, who founded the truck company Nikola, will be sentenced on Monday in a fraud case that exposed the excesses in the electric vehicle business.
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Amazon Suit Claims International Ring Stole Millions in Fraudulent Refunds
The online retailer said that a shadowy organization bribed Amazon employees to help carry out fraudulent returns of expensive electronics, luxury goods and gold.
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Check Fraud Is Rising and the Thieves Are Winning
Although check usage has declined in the last couple of decades, check fraud has risen sharply, creating a problem for banks — and customers trying to pay their bills.
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How Stolen Checks Are Sold and Bought Online
One reason this fraud is rampant: Open forums where anyone can buy checks that thieves have taken from the mail.
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Sanjay Shah, British Trader, Is Extradited to Denmark on Fraud Charges
Sanjay Shah had been pursued by Danish authorities, who said he was behind a scheme to steal $1.3 billion from the national coffers.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Could Get 100 Years in Prison. What Is Fair?
The founder of the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
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Why Banks Are Suddenly Closing Down Customer Accounts
Surprised individuals and small-business owners can’t pay rent or make payroll, and no one ever explains what they did wrong.
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Bankman-Fried’s Guilty Convictions Complete His Fall From Grace
The verdict in the FTX founder’s fraud trial leaves the crypto industry’s onetime poster child facing a lifetime behind bars.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Grown Up Criminal, Not an Impulsive Man-Child
Investors bought into the perception of the FTX founder as an unkempt boy genius. The jury didn’t buy it.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Wild Rise and Abrupt Crash
The crypto king gambled that his trading platform would make him a benevolent trillionaire. But after a fraud conviction, all bets are off.