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ID-stealing cop gets four years

National
2009-11-4

A police officer who helped his daughter get into university by stealing her classmate's identity was sentenced to two years' jail by a court in central China's Hunan Province. The Beita District People's...

Police smash credit card fraud gang

Metro
2009-10-13

TWO Malaysian men suspected of belonging to an international credit card fraud ring have been arrested for stealing 420,000 yuan (US$61,765) from the bank accounts of seven local residents. The duo, identified...

Man raids ATM then tries to hand back cash

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-9-29

A MAN was not charged for withdrawing 6,000 yuan (US$880) from a bank card left in an ATM machine because he handed himself in to police. The card holder also forgave him, Oriental Morning Post reported today. Zhou...

Shanghai commerce chamber vice chief arrested over fraud

Metro
2009-8-27

ZHOU Yuejin, vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Industry & Commerce, has been arrested over a contractual fraud charge. It was announced yesterday at a conference of Shanghai's political advisers, the...

Fraudster hid in Shaolin Temple to evade hunt

National
2009-7-10

A MAN accused of cheating 90 million yuan (US$13.17 million) from more than 200 people in south China's Guangdong Province hid out for a while in the Shaolin Temple on his run from the police. Yesterday the...

China vows severe penalties in college-admissions ID fraud case

National
2009-5-12

THE Ministry of Education pledged today to severely punish those involved in a scandal in which a former police officer sent his daughter to college under the name of a classmate. This was the ministry's first...

Big pot but not enough to fix Madoff scam damage

Business | Lawsuits and scandals
2009-3-23

A clearer picture is emerging of how much money might be available to pay back victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud, but while the pot is big it is nowhere near enough to repair all the damage. It includes nearly...

British investor in Madoff scheme kills himself

Business | Lawsuits and scandals
2009-2-14

A former British soldier killed himself after losing his life savings in an alleged US$50 billion fraud run by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, news reports said yesterday. William Foxton, 65, who had served...

British probe may see Madoff facing charges

Business | Lawsuits and scandals
2009-1-9

BRITAIN'S Serious Fraud Office opened an investigation into the British business operations of Bernard Madoff yesterday, raising the prospect that the alleged Wall Street fraudster could face criminal charges in the...

Police arrest 3 suspects in fraud scam

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-12-11

THREE members of a suspected fraud ring were arrested for allegedly cheating a victim out of 9.9 million yuan (US$1.4 million), Shanghai police said. Investigators recovered 8.17 million yuan and the remaining...