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Europe
Crypto founder charged with $700m financial crimes
The US Department of Justice charged Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national living in China, with running a business that catered to what he once described as "crooks".
BBC20 January 2023
Europe
Museveni urges overseas travel ban for MPs
He made the remarks while commissioning facilities at Uganda Petroleum Institute-Kigumba (UPIK) where the country intends to train local experts in oil exploration.
BBC16 January 2023
Europe
Ex-Premier League star jailed over £8m fraud
Ex-Charlton Athletic player Richard Rufus was found guilty of fraud, money laundering and carrying out a regulated activity without authorisation.
BBC13 January 2023
Crime
Kasoa: MoMo vendor robbed and shot
Mr Calvin Nii Kpakpo Allotey was attacked and shot in the right arm in his container shop on Tuesday by armed robbers who made away with an undisclosed amount of money.
GNA24 December 2022
Courts
Capital Bank case: No statement imputing misconduct by state officials was made by court – Judicial Secretary
State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG)
DL News8 December 2022
Business
UBA Ghana warns of Ponzi scheme using its brand named to defraud victims
In a statement, the bank said it had identified a Ponzi scheme operation that claims to be supported by UBA Ghana and uses the official logos, adverts, and pictures of the bank.
DL News22 November 2022
Europe
Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears
Third-party agents used Glencore’s money to bribe officials in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan, causing harms worth $128m, a sentencing hearing at Southwark crown court heard.
The Guardian3 November 2022
Africa
Zimbabwe: Lawyers challenge Judges wearing $3,000 wigs, say trend is wasteful, outdated and scary
In its analysis of seven pieces of legislation, ZLHR argued that money used to purchase the wigs, a vestige of colonial Rhodesia, could be used to finance better deserving requirements.
AllAfrica17 October 2022
Courts
Agradaa remanded over alleged money-doubling scam
Agradaa, founder of the Heaven Way Church in Weija was charged with one count of charlatanic advertisement and six counts of defrauding by false pretence.
DL News10 October 2022
Others
Wife of ex-Malaysian PM gets 10 years jail for bribery
Rosmah Mansor was found guilty on three charges of soliciting and receiving bribes to help a company win a 1.25bn ringgit project ($279m, £240m).
The Star1 September 2022
Crime
Interdicted Immigration officer arrested for allegedly defrauding two
The 54-year-old Assistant Inspector of Immigration was said to have escaped after taking money from his victims who are workers at a private health facility in Ho where he was receiving treatment for stroke.
GRAPHIC ONLINE26 August 2022
Africa
Three Nigerian men charged for allegedly defrauding entities, including US universities
The three, Olabanji Egbinola, Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo, and Donald Ikenna Echeazu are facing charges of wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft.
DL News12 August 2022
General
Retired Educationist drags judge, lawyer to GLC, petitions CJ
He alleges per his petition that the judge, Justice Ali Baba Bature, and the legal practitioner, Alfred Anum Quarshie, have colluded to extort money from him for no work done.
DL News5 August 2022
Courts
Nigerian who allegedly defrauded Ukrainian businessman granted GHC 20m bail
Mr. Anwamini was arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on July 21, 2022, and charged with three counts of Uttering forged documents, defrauding by false pretences, and money laundering.
DL News27 July 2022
Crime
Report yourself to the police – PAC warns former court cashier accused of embezzlement
The 2019 Auditor-General’s report said GH¢198,042. 26 of court fees were misappropriated in 2018.
DL News14 July 2022
US
YouTube accused of failing to tackle fake Elon Musk livestream scams
On Tuesday, Elon Musk said YouTube was not tackling "scam ads". YouTube says it removes channels that are reported.
BBC10 June 2022
Courts
Submit applications to access unclaimed funds paid into court by parties – CJ invites legitimate claimants
In a notice signed by the Chief Justice, he notes that these monies have been lodged in deposit accounts of the Judicial Service but some of the orders did not carry any formal further directive for investments of the funds by the courts.
DL News9 June 2022
Africa
South Africa: Wealthy Gupta brothers arrested in UAE
Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta moved to South Africa from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1993, just as white-minority rule was ending.
BBC7 June 2022
Courts
Administrator who allegedly used GH¢ 1M of company funds on sport betting granted bail
The accused is said to have failed to deposit an amount of money meant to pay the company’s suppliers, and that he was also implicated during an internal audit of the firm.
DL News8 April 2022
Courts
I expressed reservations about GH¢ 27.5M paid to Ato Essien – Capital Bank former MD
State Prosecutors have accused the founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, and two others of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana.
DL News7 April 2022