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The Department of Justice has announced a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, aimed at investigating and prosecuting federal contractors and recipients who knowingly violate federal civil rights laws. The initiative will be co-led by the Fraud Section of the Civil Division and the Civil Rights Division, and will include lawyers
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Rev. (Dr.) Israel Akanji, the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, against the Nigeria Police Force and others. The court held that the police acted within the scope of their duties in investigating
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A Bhopal-based senior advocate has been allegedly duped by unidentified cyber-cons in a major investment fraud involving ₹78.25 lakh under the pretence of investing in the stock market. Cyber-criminals lured the advocate with promises of high returns, initially offering small profits to gain his trust. The scammers demanded ₹65
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A Bhopal-based senior advocate has fallen prey to a major investment scam involving ₹78.25 lakh, allegedly orchestrated by unidentified cyber-criminals. The victim, a 52-year-old senior advocate, was initially promised high returns on his investments, which were claimed to be verified and registered with nationalised banks. However, the accounts were
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Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) confronted Billy Long, President Trump's nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), about his involvement in a tax fraud scheme during a heated exchange on Capitol Hill. Long was grilled about his ties to Capital Edge and the White River Energy Corporation,
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Industrialized identity fraud, fueled by Fraud-as-a-Service (FaaS) toolkits and deepfake technologies, has led to a significant rise in a new fraud technique called Repeaters. These minor variations of a single digital asset are designed to evade detection systems and are used by malicious actors to test defenses before launching cross-industry
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released new guidance on white-collar enforcement priorities, outlining ten areas that will be prioritized in investigations and prosecutions. The guidance, titled "Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime," sets out the DOJ's priorities for combating white-collar
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A former Access Bank official, Ofure Achille, has revealed how large sums of money allegedly from Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kogi State were laundered through suspicious cash lodgments spanning years into private bank accounts during the tenure of former Governor Yahaya Bello. Achille's testimony was presented as
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Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, a 53-year-old UK citizen, has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to time-served for his participation in a fraud scheme involving a USAID-funded power distribution program in Pakistan. Sutton, employed by a contracting firm that implemented the program, took kickbacks of USAID funds used to pay for
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Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, a former Miss Grand International 2021 titleholder, has been arrested for allegedly deceiving consumers through a dietary supplement she promoted, Kera Supergreens Gummies. The product, touted as a fibre-rich health snack, was found to contain substandard ingredients and misleading claims, including the assertion that each gummy
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The United States Department of Justice has announced the establishment of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, aimed at investigating and pursuing claims against institutions that knowingly violate federal civil rights laws. This initiative will utilize the False Claims Act to identify and root out instances where recipients of federal funds
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A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Brendyn Andrew, 33, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Dominique Collins, 37, of Stafford, Virginia, charging them with various crimes related to passport fraud and identity theft. The superseding indictment adds additional charges against Andrew, including possession of 15 or more unauthorized access
