NewsUKHome NewsA investigationby the store found she purchased items such as a white blouse and an artwork (PA)An NHS scientist has been suspended after carrying out a “sophisticated” scam to defraud John Lewis of more than £1,600.Maureen Bennie swapped the price tags of expensive products for cheaper ones before purchasing them during a three-month spress…
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By Mark Hunter18 hours agoMon Sep 20 2021 09:14:16 Reading Time: 2 minutes The founder of fake crypto trading firm Virgil Capital has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison Qin pleaded guilty in February for pretending Virgil Capital was wildly successful when in fact it was a Ponzi scheme Qin must also forfeit $54…
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A three-year scam saw a travel agent embezzle money from Cristiano Ronaldo and other high-profile Portuguese clients. A travel agent reportedly scammed Cristiano Ronaldo out of around €288,000 (nearly £250,000) between February 2007 and July 2010 in Portugal. Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Noticias has claimed Ronaldo entrusted his credit card details and pin codes to…
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Two of the most entertaining Serie A teams last season, Atalanta and Sassuolo, haven’t reached their pick ahead of the Gewiss Stadium meeting. La Dea lost their last home match against Fiorentina, while Davide Dionisi’s side have suffered back-to-back defeats against Torino and Roma. Atalanta’s Luis Muriel is unavailable and he will be so for…
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In Europe, 106 people have been arrested for belonging to a gang linked to the Italian mafia that allegedly scammed people out of millions of euros online, participated in drug trafficking, and laundered money.The gang members were mostly Italian nationals and a majority of the arrests took place on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife,…
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish and Italian police said on Monday they had arrested 106 people for belonging to a gang that allegedly laundered money for mafia groups and made millions of euros through online scams.Most of the suspected members were Italian nationals and the majority of the arrests took place on the Spanish Canary Island…
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Cristiano Ronaldo Published 20 September 2021 A travel agent, named Maria Silvia scammed Manchester United striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, out of £250,000 (about N140 million) after the football star entrusted her with his credit cards and pin. The 53-year-old travel agent also scammed Ronaldo’s super-agent Jorge Mendes of £14,000 and Manchester United winger, Nani, of over…
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Scams involving the return of products costs retailers $43 billion in 2020. As the pandemic forced people to shop online, the nature of commerce changed significantly in 2020, and with it came rising fraud.A report compiled by Signifyd, providers of an end-to-end commerce protection platform, show that retailers lost $43 billion last year on shipping,…
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If you’re in the market for something to protect you from 5G signals, you’ve got no shortage of options. Want a hat that will protect your cranium from all those bothersome electromagnetic frequencies while you’re out and about? For the low price of just $55, such a hat can be yours. Need a blanket to…
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Rafael Abdrakhmanov | iStock | Getty ImagesFrom fake social security calls to scammers impersonating Apple or Amazon, anyone with a cellphone or landline is no stranger to robocalls.For decades, robocall scammers have graced phones and voicemails across the nation. Between June 2020 and 2021 these scams affected more than 59 million people who lost a…
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