Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Former NBA players charged in M health care scam: Eighteen former NBA players were charged Thursday October 7 with illegally pocketing about $ 2.5 million by defrauding the league’s health and welfare benefit plan in a scam that authorities said …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Gupta acolyte Ronica Ragavan granted R10,000 bail in fraud case: Longtime Gupta enterprise employee, Ronica Ragavan has been granted bail, after appearing in court in connection with the R24,9-million criminal case in the Free State.: “Fraud” – BingNews
A video appears to show a man stuffing a ballot box in Lackawanna County; a GOP county commissioner wants an investigation: Democratic county commissioners say there’s no evidence of fraud, but a Republican who released the video isn’t so sure.: “Fraud” – BingNews
Roundtable: Fending off fraud in peak trading and beyond: And with the pandemic heralding an increase in usage of new shopping formats, including an increase in click & collect, and higher-threshold contactless transactions and a shift to card-only payments …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Should we be worried that China’s brazen show of force in Taiwan risks hurtling globe into World War Three?: COULD the world be heading to war? The question may seem strange, as we struggle with basic issues at home, such as how to just get a tank of petrol. But events a couple of continents away …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Partner remortgaged mum-of-one’s home – racking up £126K debt in her name: A man has been jailed for fraud after remortgaging his partner’s home without her permission. Christopher Grant, 42, ran up £126,000 of debt in the woman’s name including payday loans, credit cards …: “Fraud” – BingNews
“Exploring the Bright and Dark Sides of Sport” – collaborative Loughborough event coming soon: Colleagues from Loughborough University have teamed up with Ghent University and State University of New York College at Cortland to deliver a thematic event that explores the bright and dark sides of …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Warning as new phone scam targets those living in Cheltenham: Police are warning those living in Cheltenham to be vigilant following reports of a scam involving text messages. A number of reports have been received over recent days of a new scam where offenders …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Ex-Gloucestershire fire chief in court over Land Rover fraud charge: A FORMER Gloucestershire chief fire officer is due to appear in court next week to stand trial for one count of fraud by abuse of position.: “Fraud” – BingNews
18 ex-NBA players charged in USm health fraud scheme: Eighteen former NBA players have been charged with allegedly defrauding the league’s health insurance scheme of almost US$ 4 million, New York prosecutors said Thursday. Now you can read the Jamaica …: “Fraud” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: The Friendly Foe – Mind boggling as it seems, normal everyday people have known to carry out this type of scam, just because there was a loophole that was available for them to exploit. In this type of scam individuals carry out online transactions through their credit or debit cards and then once they receive their goods or are done using a service they report it as an unauthorized transaction that they did not carry out, resulting in charge-backs to the business that provided the service or goods.