About Fraud
In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.
'My business had £1. 6m stolen in 20 minutes'
... 6m stolen in a matter of minutes through Fraud has strongly criticised the response from the authorities...
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi jail term reduced after some pardons
... The extent of the win led the military to allege election Fraud - which they then used as a justification for the coup...
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison. Will she ever pay victims too?
... The disgraced entrepreneur was sentenced to over 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $452m (£365m) with her former business partner Sunny Balwani to dozens of high-profile investors they deFrauded through a blood-testing start-up...
Warning UK losing £2,300 per minute to fraud
... 2bn to Fraud in 2022, the equivalent of £2,300 every minute, according to bank industry group UK Finance...
Rupert Murdoch: Will he be damaged by the Fox News and Dominion case?
... We already know, from Fox News emails and messages published in February as part of the legal case, that many Fox executives and presenters didn t believe claims of voter Fraud - but broadcast them anyway...
Alex Murdaugh verdict: Disgraced lawyer guilty of killing wife and son
... Murdaugh had pleaded not guilty to killing his wife and youngest son in an attempt to conceal years of financial corruption - Fraud that he himself had acknowledged in court...
In Canada, complex fraud schemes are targeting homeowners
...By Nadine YousifBBC News, TorontoA Canadian couple recently learned that their home was sold by Fraudsters without their consent while they were out of town...
Brazil Congress storming: How did we get here?
... In the run-up to election, he repeatedly claimed that Brazil s electronic voting system was vulnerable to Fraud - a claim dismissed by the electoral authorities...