Fraud | Certain Risk

President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, en route Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Las Vegas. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

Suspicious Trades Have Become a Hallmark of Trump’s Second Term

Unusual bursts of trading across oil, equities, and prediction markets repeatedly appeared shortly before some of President Donald Trump’s most market-moving public statements.

Pedestrians walk past the sign outside the headquarters of the Serious Fraud Office in London.

ENRC Wants $168mn for Mishandled SFO Probe That Spanned a Decade

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation is seeking more than $168 million in compensation from the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), law firm Dechert, and former Dechert partner Neil Gerrard over losses it says arose from a decade-long criminal investigation.

Washington DC, USA-July 12, 2024: Security guards apparently discussing an issue in front of the International Monetary Fund building.

IMF Calls for Stronger Interbank Data-Sharing to Combat Rising Digital Fraud

The International Monetary Fund has urged banks to share more threat and transaction data with one another, arguing in a recent working paper that the sector’s response to fast-rising digital fraud is weakened by information silos within institutions and across borders.

An AI-edited image of a British car made to look as if it's been in a serious wreck.

For Insurers, Phony Claims Now Come with AI-Altered Photos

Fraud appears to be worsening in the UK’s insurance sector, driven in large part by the submission of phony claims backed by AI-altered images.

NEW YORK, USA, 1. MARCH 2022: Telegram app, Group of business people chat on mobile phone and laptop. Telegram – freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging. Company logo on screen

Telegram Hosts a Sanctioned Marketplace Tied to Child Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor

Telegram is still hosting Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language black market that British officials have levied sanctions on and accused of facilitating crypto scams and human trafficking.

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SantaCon Organizer Faces Fraud Charges over Theft Allegations

The organizer of New York City’s annual SantaCon bar crawl was arrested on wire-fraud charges on Wednesday after federal prosecutors alleged he diverted money that was supposed to go to charity and used it instead for personal expenses.

Magyar’s New Task: Dismantling the ‘Party-State’ Without Destroying the State

Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Péter Magyar, is pledging to oversee a broad anti-corruption campaign once in office, including the creation of new watchdog bodies and investigations of government contracts.

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Founder of China’s Evergrande Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Embezzlement

Hui Ka Yan, the founder of embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande, pleaded guilty this week to multiple charges including embezzlement of assets and corporate bribery, in a major milestone in the unraveling of one of China’s biggest corporate collapses.

iPhone 4s screen closeup with iTunes and App Store

Fake Apple App Scams Nearly $10mn from Crypto Users in a Matter of Days

A fake version of Ledger Live distributed through Apple’s App Store drained at least $9.5 million in cryptocurrency from more than 50 victims across multiple blockchains in a phishing campaign that ran from April 7 to April 13.

United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Trump’s IRS Cuts Raise Fears, and Hopes, of Weaker Enforcement

The Internal Revenue Service has lost thousands of enforcement staffers since President Donald Trump returned to office. The cuts are fueling fears, and in some cases, hopes, that the agency’s capacity to enforce U.S. tax laws is diminished.