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May 21, 2024 · Financial fraud is as prevalent today as it was over 100 years ago, when the Italian con artist Charles Ponzi was swindling investors out of their fortunes in one of the earliest high-profile...
Apr 1, 2020 · From Vijay Mallya to PNB Scam, here are 10 of the biggest scams in India that shook the nation from its core. Take a look.
30 of the biggest scams in modern history. In 1849, police in New York City arrested a man named William Thompson. Charismatic and "a man of genteel appearance," according to a New York Herald report from the time, Thompson approached strangers, engaged them in conversation, and won their confidence, which he then used to convince them to part ...
Dec 22, 2022 · While that’s nearly $300 million in 2022 dollars, modern scams have dwarfed that figure. In the gallery, we take a look at 10 of the most infamous frauds of the last 25 years, ranked by the ...
Apr 24, 2021 · Whether on the smaller scale like Bick’s, or superlatively large like Bernie Madoff’s, this kind of financial fraud is unnervingly and increasingly common. Here’s a look at eight of the most ...
5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2021. Each year always brings a fresh array of fraud-related scandals, and 2021 was no different. The massive theft of COVID-relief funds continued to play out, but other notable schemes hit the headlines. Here we list the most scandalous of the lot.
Jul 8, 2024 · 2021’s top scam: Bogus prizes and sweepstakes fraud. Complaints about scams involving fake prizes, bogus sweepstakes, and “free” gifts were the top complaint consumers reported to Fraud.org in 2021. In 2020, such complaints made up nearly a quarter (23.78 percent) of the reports we received.
