Australian players blast 'entrapment' plan | Herald Sun

Australian players blast 'entrapment' plan | Herald Sun: "AUSTRALIA'S cricketers say a plan to use undercover agents posing as illegal bookmakers to fight corruption may be illegal. The Australian Cricketers' Association has criticised the ICC proposal, in which players would be approached to see if they make a report.
'We're not convinced that a plan to effectively entrap players is either reasonable or lawful,' ACA boss Paul Marsh said yesterday."

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Ex-Deutsche Bank, AIG Executive Charged With Fraud - WSJ.com

Ex-Deutsche Bank, AIG Executive Charged With Fraud - WSJ.com: "former Deutsche Bank AG and American International Group Inc. executive has been charged with diverting company money to her husband's marketing firms, in part to cover expenses for their upstate New York horse farm.
Heidi Walker allegedly caused false invoices to be filed with Deutsche Bank's asset management unit, and later AIG's Global Investment Group, on behalf of companies owned by her husband, Peter Pfabe, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday. Ms. Walker approved the payments, according to the indictment.
No services were rendered for either Deutsche Bank or AIG, and her husband's involvement wasn't disclosed, according to the indictment.
As a result, Deutsche Bank's asset management unit was defrauded of about $345,000 and AIG was defrauded of roughly $125,000, according to the indictment."

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Calif. broker gets 68 years for real estate fraud - BusinessWeek

Calif. broker gets 68 years for real estate fraud - BusinessWeek: "Orange County, Calif., real estate broker has been sentenced to 68 years in prison for using stolen identities to buy 35 properties and intentionally defaulting on the loans to steal more than $17 million.
Kathy Chen received the sentence Monday in a courtroom in Westminster.
The 49-year-old Chen was found guilty in May of 136 felony counts including conspiracy, grand theft and forgery.
Prosecutors said Chen conspired with her 60-year-old boyfriend Richard Salgado Gonzalez and his 57-year-old brother Daniel Gonzalez to commit $17.5 million in real estate fraud from 2005 to 2007."

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Suspended Ithala boss, wife in court - KwaZulu-Natal - IOL | Breaking News | South Africa News | World News | Sport | Business | Entertainment | IOL.co.za

Suspended Ithala boss, wife in court - KwaZulu-Natal - IOL | Breaking News | South Africa News | World News | Sport | Business | Entertainment | IOL.co.za: "Suspended Ithala Bank boss, Sipho Shabalala and his wife Ntombi are expected to appear in the Pietermaritzburg Commercial Crime Court for alleged corruption, money laundering and fraud, the Hawks said on Wednesday.
“According to the arrangements Shabalala, his wife and other people are expected to appear in court today (Wednesday),” spokesman Musa Zondi said.
Shabalala was suspended following reports of a criminal investigation against him. His assets including the City Royal Hotel in Pietermaritzburg, his Othandweni farm, Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz were seized during a R200-million tender fraud crackdown by the Hawks and the Asset Forfeiture Unit on August 25. Eight people were arrested during the raids, but Shabalala was not. More people were expected in court for the first time on Wednesday."

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Longtown solicitor charged in fraud investigation

BBC News - Longtown solicitor charged in fraud investigation: "north Cumbrian solicitor has been charged with fraud following a two-year police investigation.
Pauline Butler, 53, was charged on Tuesday with three offences of fraud by abuse of a position trust, Cumbria Police said.
A spokesman for the force said the investigation centred on clients' financial losses.
The 53-year-old of Stackbraes Road in Longtown, will appear at Carlisle Magistrates' Court on 2 November."

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Former Dieu analyst faces fraud charges

Former Dieu analyst faces fraud charges: "She was tasked with clerical duties at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, but spent the last four years methodically stealing about $440,000 worth of payments meant for fellow employees.
Those are the allegations against Baljit Dhaliwal, a fired junior financial analyst at the hospital, now facing a fraud charge following a month-long police investigation."

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South Canterbury Finance NBR to hand over documents to fraud squad

NBR to hand over documents to fraud squad: "National Business Review says it has decided to hand over material demanded by the Serious Fraud Office, relating to South Canterbury Finance.
The material did not compromise any of the sources of Matt Nippert, the reporter who carried out the investigation the SFO was interested in, the NBR website reported just before 11am (0900 AEDT)on Wednesday.
Earlier NBR said it had been given until 9am on Wednesday to deliver the documents relating to the newspaper's investigation of SCF's dealing over Auckland's Hyatt Regency Hotel, and agree to an interview."

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Hiram Monserrate charged in $109K "slush-fund" fraud - NYPOST.com

Hiram Monserrate charged in $109K "slush-fund" fraud - NYPOST.com: "Scandal-scarred former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was busted again yesterday -- this time on federal fraud charges tied to his tenure on the City Council.
The Queens Democrat -- who's still on probation for the domestic assault that got him booted out of Albany -- was accused of misusing $109,000 in council 'slush fund' cash that he directed to the nonprofit Latino Initiative for Better Resources and Empowerment.
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said Monserrate 'effectively outsourced' much of his failed 2006 state Senate bid to the group, known as LIBRE, which he used as a 'political piggy bank' to fund his campaign."

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Det Con Daren Pooley, 41,Met officer guilty of expenses fraud during 7/7 probe

BBC News - Met officer guilty of expenses fraud during 7/7 probe: "counter-terrorism officer has been found guilty of defrauding the Metropolitan Police during the investigation into the 7 July bombings.
Det Con Daren Pooley, 41, was one of a number of officers sent on a long-term deployment to Leeds following the terrorist attacks in London in 2005.
But he tried to make a 'quick profit' out of his employers in a property scam, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Pooley and his wife Nicola, 37, were convicted of conspiracy to defraud
Three 7 July suicide bombers, Mohammed Siddique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain were from Leeds. The fourth bomber, Jermain Lindsay, was from Buckinghamshire."

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No charges in Sports Direct investigation - Today's News - News - JournalLive

No charges in Sports Direct investigation - Today's News - News - JournalLive: "NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct company will not face any charges following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into allegations of cartel activity.
The investigation into Sports Direct and rivals JJB Sports is still looking at individuals in relation to the alleged case of anti-competitive practices in the sports retail market, however.
The inquiry first came to light in September last year after JJB Sports approached the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over a “suspected agreement or concerted practice to dampen competition in the sports retail market”."

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Thief returns stolen laptop contents on USB stick - Telegraph

Thief returns stolen laptop contents on USB stick - Telegraph: "professor, who teaches at Umeå University in northern Sweden, was devastated when ten years of work stored on his laptop was stolen.
But to his surprise, a week after the theft, the entire contents of his laptop were posted to him on a USB stick.

am very happy,' the unnamed professor told the local Västerbottens-Kuriren newspaper.
'This story makes me feel hope for humanity.'
The professor left his bag, containing the laptop, hidden behind a door in his apartment stairwell while he went into the building's laundry room. When he emerged a short time later, the bag had gone.
It was returned shortly after, without the laptop."

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German heiress wins legal battle over pre-nuptial agreement - Telegraph

German heiress wins legal battle over pre-nuptial agreement - Telegraph: "ruling means that her ex-husband, Nicolas Granatino, receives less money than he wanted after the court ruled that an agreement he signed in Germany before they married should stand.
It also a major step towards pre-nuptial contracts, including those signed abroad, becoming legally enforceable in England and Wales, which do not currently have a place in British family law."

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