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Africa
Isabel dos Santos: Angolan billionaire hit with £580m asset freeze
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of a former president, is being sued by telecoms firm Unitel.
BBC
Courts
Farmer jailed and fined over visa fraud
Dominic Ampea is to pay a fine of GHC3,600 in default serve 18 months imprisonment.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Madina, Adenta, Oyarifa, Ayi Mensa and over 70,000 acre lands don't belong to Numo Nmashie Family - Supreme Court
The court, therefore, directed the Lands Commission to expunge all registration and certificates issued to the Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie, and the Tetteh Olewolon Family, in respect of the 72,000 acres.
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US
Former Facebook diversity leader pleads guilty to stealing more than $4 million from company
Barbara Furlow-Smiles, who led various Facebook Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs from 2017 through mid-2021, stole the money “through an elaborate scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fictitious charges, and cash kickbacks,” the U.S...
CNBC
Europe
Vladimir Putin's main political opponent Alexei Navalny 'missing' after removal from Russian prison colony
The 47-year-old had been due in court on Monday via videolink but failed to appear. It comes just days after Vladimir Putin announced he will stand for election again next year.
Sky News
Africa
South African woman jailed for 50 years for $28m theft
Hildegard Steenkamp siphoned off the money over a 13-year period from the healthcare company she worked at as an accountant in Gauteng province.
BBC
Courts
Quantity Surveyor granted bail for alleged land fraud
Setsoafa has been granted a GH₵5,000 bail after he defrauded a driver on grounds of a land sale.
GNA
Africa
I’m no longer married to my ex, we’re divorced, woman says
She said the marriage, which was contracted under the Urhobo Native Law and Custom, has been dissolved and she has moved on happily, contrary to online publications allegedly sponsored by the estranged husband.
the guardian
Crime
Two suspected members of syndicate arrested over internet fraud
The accused are said to have defrauded a lady of GH¢16,000 worth of frozen food items and went into hiding.
GNA
Courts
Injunction case against OSP: Cost awarded against Bissue over indecision
Bissue is seeking an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the OSP and all its agents from investigating and prosecuting him regarding a 2019 ‘Galamsey’ documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Tiger Eye P.I.
DL News
Africa
Ex-Zimbabwean minister convicted for smuggling fuel
The country's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) proved that the quartet smuggled a tanker filled with diesel into the country without paying duty in 2017.
New Zimbabwe
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court strikes out section 13(2)(h) (i), (ii) of the Companies Act 2019
This was the judgment in a constitutional matter filed by a lawyer, Derrick Adu-Gyamfi who prayed the apex court to inter alia delete, expunge or strike out subsections of Act 992.
DL News
Crime
Court issues bench warrant for arrest of driver over alleged GHC1 million fraud
Bright Kwashie failed to attend court when the matter was called hence the order by the court presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah.
GNA
Africa
Fake TikTok doctor arrested at South African hospital
Matthew Lani was arrested by the security of Johannesburg’s Helen Joseph Hospital as he attempted to enter the facility on Sunday night.
BBC
Africa
SA police hunt for 'fake doctor' who escaped custody
Kingsley Leeto Chele “is a Facebook con artist who targeted women by misrepresenting himself as a doctor or a pharmacist and scamming them of their hard-earned money.
BBC
Africa
Kenya: Fake lawyer arrested after winning 26 cases
Mwenda, who deceitfully portrayed himself as an “Advocate of the High Court of Kenya,” managed to practice law for an extended period, participating in various legal proceedings across the country.
Black Examiner
Courts
Court grants businessman bail over alleged GH¢3m fraud
Alhaji Fareed Amin Yakubu, is also said to have issued fake Stanbic and First Atlantic Bank cheques
GNA
Africa
'Bogus TikTok doctor' under fire in South Africa
The bogus doctor, reported to be in his 20s, appears on the app wearing scrubs in a public hospital, giving medical advice to TikTokers. Authorities have opened up a criminal case against the man, saying it is a criminal offence to practise...
BBC
Courts
Court issues bench warrant for civil servant over alleged road contract fraud
Mercy Lillian Danquah, 38, is said to have collected GHC100,000.00 as a contract fee under the pretext of securing the complainant with the contract in September 2021.
GNA