Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
China sentences 13 Taiwanese for fraud: BEIJING – China sentenced 13 Taiwanese to prison on Thursday for telecommunications fraud following their extradition from Kenya, a move likely to further sour cross-straits ties. The group was sentenced to between two and 15 years in prison and slapped with fines, the Beijing Second Intermediate …: Google Alert – Fraud
San Jose Businesswoman Sentenced To Prison For High-Technology Worker Visa Fraud: San Jose Businesswoman Sentenced To Prison For High-Technology Worker Visa Fraud. SAN JOSE – San Jose businesswoman Sridevi Aiyaswamy was sentenced to 13 months in prison today as a result of her involvement in executing an H-1B visa fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J.: Google Alert – Fraud
Trump Commutes First Sentence, Frees Kosher Meatpacking Executive Convicted of Fraud: President Trump commuted the first sentence of his presidency Wednesday bringing to an end the 27-year prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin for bank fraud and money laundering after more than eight years in prison. Rubashkin was the CEO of the country's largest kosher meatpacking operation …: Google Alert – Fraud
FBI warns LDS church members of 'affinity fraud': It's a type of fraud known as "affinity fraud," or financial crimes based on bonds of trust. According to the FBI, affinity fraud crimes are especially prevalent in Utah. John Huber, Utah's U.S. Attorney, spoke more about the LDS targets of white collar crime. "We form relationships of trust and when someone …: Google Alert – Fraud
Hoover man indicted on securities fraud charges: Lewis was also indicted on two counts of fraud in connection with the sale of securities for making untrue statements of, or omitting to state, material facts to an investor; and for engaging in an act, practice or course of business which operates as a fraud or deceit upon an investor. Each of those charges …: Google Alert – Fraud
Trump grants clemency to an Iowa meatpacking exec convicted in a fraud case: President Donald Trump granted clemency to Sholom Rubashkin, an Iowa slaughterhouse executive convicted in a 2009 fraud case and sentenced to 27 years in prison. Trump commuted Rubashkin's sentence, effectively cutting short the original sentence of which he served eight years. Rubashkin is …: Google Alert – Fraud
China Jails 22 Taiwanese for Telecoms Fraud: BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in Beijing on Thursday handed down sentences of up to 15 years in jail to 50 people deported from Kenya for telecoms fraud, including 22 from self-ruled Taiwan, a case that infuriated Taiwan's government. Over the past two years countries including Kenya, Spain, Vietnam …: Google Alert – Fraud
Trump commutes fraud sentence of kosher meatpacker: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, in a first exercise of his power to commute criminal sentences, cut short the 27-year prison term of a kosher meatpacking executive who was convicted eight years ago of bank fraud, the White House said on Wednesday. The commutation granted to …: Google Alert – Fraud
China jails 22 Taiwanese for telecoms fraud: Over the past two years countries including Kenya, Spain, Vietnam and Cambodia have deported hundreds of people from Taiwan to China for telecoms fraud, sparking accusations from Taipei that Beijing was effectively kidnapping its citizens. China has defended the deportations, saying the crimes …: Google Alert – Fraud
China jails 13 Taiwanese for telecoms fraud: BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in Beijing on Thursday handed down sentences of up to 15 years in jail to 33 people for telecoms fraud, including 13 from Taiwan who had been deported from Kenya, a case that infuriated Taiwan. Over the past two years countries including Kenya, Spain, Vietnam and …: Google Alert – Fraud