Fraud

Singapore businesses must be proactive to combat rise of AI-enabled fraud

Firms small and large must start with meticulous, compliant accounting and finance processes

Jho Low, whose whereabouts are not known, has publicly proclaimed his innocence.

Malaysian fugitive Jho Low seeks Trump pardon in 1MDB case

According to the DOJ website, the request for “Taek Jho Low” seeks a “Pardon after Completion of Sentence”

Members of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said on Wednesday that the group is suspected to have created more than 4,000 fictitious and legal entities since 2023.

Russian investigators crack suspected crime ring behind 1 trillion rouble tax fraud

The losses by the state’s coffers come to light just as Moscow is trying to plug the budget deficit in the country’s wartime economy

In 2017, Hui Ka Yan was Asia’s richest man, with a net worth of US$45.3 billion, according to Forbes.

China Evergrande’s billionaire boss falls from circles of power to fraud plea

His plea draws a line under the collapse of an empire that thrust China’s property sector into the glare of global investors

Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan “pleaded guilty and expressed remorse” in trial proceedings on Monday (Apr 13) and Tuesday against him.

China Evergrande founder pleads guilty to fraud in Shenzhen court

Hui and the company also face charges of illegally extending loans, fraudulently issuing securities and bribery by units

Wirecard has been mired in legal trouble since it filed for bankruptcy in 2020.

Singapore extradites former Wirecard director to Germany over links to global fraud ring

The German national is allegedly involved in a criminal organisation, money-laundering offences

Truong My Lan was sentenced to death in April 2024 after being found guilty of embezzling US$12.3 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank in the nation’s largest-ever fraud case.

Vietnam bank to sell mogul’s property, car to offset fraud loss

The proceeds from sales of the assets will go towards recovering the multibillion-dollar losses incurred

The Court of Appeal found that a provision in the cross-border insolvency framework bars foreign representatives from bringing claims over transactions that predate the law.

Liquidators lose appeal to sue StanChart, BSI over dodgy 1MDB deals

The appellants are pursuing other ‘workarounds’, such as winding up the relevant entities involved

On Monday, Taiwan put 33 luxury cars, including Ferraris, up for auction after they were seized as part of the investigation.

Taiwan indicts 62 over suspected scam centre operator Prince Group

The transnational scam industry has emerged in South-east Asia during the pandemic