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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      FT charity appeal
      India fights back to combat soaring digital fraud

      Financial literacy education is key to protecting Indians from scams in era of superfast payments

      Train passengers on mobile phones
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Do Kwon
      Montenegro court clears crypto chief Do Kwon for extradition

      Justice ministry to decide whether developer behind TerraUSD token will be sent to US or South Korea

      Do Kwon, centre, being taken to court in Podgorica, Montenegro on March 24 2023
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Get ready for Black Fraud Day

      Bargain-hunting shoppers are easy prey for scammers

    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Wirecard hacker sentenced to 80 months in prison

      US prosecutors say Aviram Azari orchestrated and facilitated ‘international hacking-for-hire spearphishing campaign’

      The headquarters of the now insolvent Wirecard in Munich
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      UK banks taken to task over treatment of fraud victims

      ‘The British public is in a lottery depending on who they bank with’

      Communicating via mobile phone and laptop
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Former TD bond trader charged with alleged fraud in Treasuries market

      US prosecutors claim accused engaged in ‘spoofing’ and ‘layering’ during alleged year-long scheme

      The Depart of Justice logo
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      The Trump Organization
      Ivanka Trump testifies about Trump Organization role at New York trial

      Former president’s daughter is the latest family member to take the witness stand in civil fraud case

      Ivanka Trump returns to court in New York
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      UK Supreme Court gives go-ahead to Danish £1.4bn tax fraud case

      Highest court rules Denmark can pursue ‘cum-ex’ lawsuit in London against multiple financial institutions

      Royal Courts of Justice in London, England
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried
      Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of fraud over FTX collapse

      Jury’s guilty verdict caps stunning downfall of one-time public face of crypto industry

      Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Unhedged podcast20 min listen
      Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand

      Former crypto tycoon risked everything to testify. Did it help?

    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried
      Sam Bankman-Fried says he was ‘surprised’ by FTX’s $8bn balance-sheet hole

      Former billionaire denies intending to defraud customers in testimony to the jury at trial

      A courtroom sketch shows Judge Lewis Kaplan and Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried
      FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial

      Former crypto billionaire blames lawyers as court hears first snippets of testimony without jury present

      A courtroom sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Hedge fund co-founder Neil Phillips convicted over forex manipulation

      Prosecutors alleged manager of Glen Point Capital had attempted to artificially move dollar-rand exchange rate

      South African rand coins
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Sam Bankman-Fried plans to take witness stand in his own defence

      FTX crypto exchange founder to face jurors as soon as Thursday in his New York fraud trial

      Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Push payment fraud cases jump 22%

      UK online scams become the latest battleground

      A woman holds a phone while looking at a laptop screen
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried
      FTX boss sought ‘legal justifications’ for diverted billions, court told

      Former general counsel testifies in Sam Bankman-Fried trial that crypto exchange had no right to spend customer funds

      Can Sun arrives at court in New York
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      ‘Crack down on Binance’: Bankman-Fried trial illuminates crypto rivalry

      Court hears former FTX boss sought regulatory action against Changpeng Zhao’s trading platform

      Montage of Changpeng Zhao of Binance and Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX and corporate logos
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Bankman-Fried’s lawyer rebuts claims of frivolous FTX spending

      Value of crypto exchange’s deals broached during cross-examination of co-operating witness Nishad Singh in fraud trial

      Mark Cohen, lead defence lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Sam Bankman-Fried
      FTX deputy says he confronted boss on missing customer billions

      Nishad Singh is a co-operating witness in New York fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried

      Nishad Singh, centre, arrives at court
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Special ReportFT Wealth: October
      How a couple lost a fortune in an alleged Swiss banking fraud

      $22mn case exposes the risks in opaque world of Zürich’s independent wealth advisers

      llustration of a young man showing a bar graph to an old couple. The bar graph is attached to the inner lining of his coat
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Bernie Ecclestone
      Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to £400mn tax fraud

      Former Formula One boss to pay record £652mn after admitting failure to declare overseas assets to UK authorities

      Bernie Ecclestone, 92, arrives at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Libor scandal
      Convicted ex-Barclays Euribor trader gets fresh shot at appeal

      Review commission says Carlo Palombo’s case ‘not dissimilar’ to that of former trader Tom Hayes

      Carlo Palombo
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      UK SFO opens criminal probe into collapsed funeral care provider

      Safe Hands went into administration last year with £70.6mn in outstanding claims

      A sign outside the headquarters of the Serious Fraud Office in London
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      Accountancy
      Ex-Patisserie Valerie finance chief and three others appear in court on fraud charges

      Bakery chain collapsed in 2019 after uncovering accounting irregularities, leading to 900 job losses

      A picture showing various Patisserie Valerie cakes
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      John Gapper
      Many people longed to believe in Sam Bankman-Fried

      There can be a thin line between an entrepreneur weaving a fantastic vision and financial fraud

      An illustration of Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and children flying from an early edition of JM Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’
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