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Romania: Five company owners in trial for 10 million euros fraud

DNA (National Direction of Anticorruption)-Pitesti Territorial Service pressed charges against five company owners in the cities of Pitesti, Slatina, Mioveni and Targoviste. They are prosecuted for tax fraud of over 10 million euros. Read Article

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Romanian prosecutor and two accomplices prosecuted for corruption

Prosecutor Maximilian Balasescu and two accomplices, Cristian Marian Ene and Marian Simirianu were prosecuted for bribery on Friday, Febuary 24th 2012, in a Bucharest court of law. Balasescu was going to drop all charges in a fraud case for the sum of 80,000 EU. Read Article

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‘Black money’ scam in Calgary, Canada

The offer to buy his sailboats with funny money just didn’t float for Gordon van Gunst. The Calgary sailboat salesman found himself in uncharted waters helping police catch two scam artists in the act of passing off “black money.” Read Article

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Expense report scams

No wonder they’re not clamoring for a raise: Some employees admit to padding their expense reports by up to 25% on a regular basis. While you hope that none of your company’s employees would pull any of these stunts, desperate times drive some folks to desperate measures. Years without pay increases and personal financial woes [...]

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New Zealand, Deaf community targeted via online presence

Northland New Zealand’s deaf community has been warned about an online scam that has robbed its members of tens of thousands of dollars. The scam has solicited millions of dollars worldwide by asking people to invest and falsely promising them high returns. Northlander Gavin Boyner spoke out about the scam, telling TV3 he spent months [...]

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Horshoe Scam leader sentenced

A New Jersey man who took in $US1.7 million from investors for a therapeutic horseshoe venture has been jailed for nine years for fraud. Samuel Serritella told some investors in his vision that a Dubai prince was among his clients and that the shoes, which would include a cushioning layer of rubber, would be used [...]

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