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Other moves against alleged scams in recent weeks sees the US CFTTC filing charges against My Big Coin, an alleged cryptocurrency - based Ponzi accused of misappropriating over $ 6 million in customer funds.

In this interview, he spoke on diverse issues including the alleged scam in the office of the National Security Adviser, which he dismisses as a non-issue and gives his assessment of the administration in Edo State.

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Austrian authorities are asking Interpol to help them track down suspects in an alleged Bitcoin scam that blew up last year and may have hit hundreds of investors in the country and abroad.

In February, the agency filed a lawsuit against RD Legal Funding LLC, alleging that the lawsuit lender had scammed 9/11 responders by paying high - cost advances on settlement payouts and lying about the terms of the advances.

In this view, the alleged weaknesses of conventional financial networks — its centralization, strict regulation, and slow pace of change — are actually virtues, because they protect consumers from scams, volatility, and other headaches.

There has been an assumption that English football has always been clean (although Harry Gregg alleges in the Sixties that some United players were involved in some sort of betting scam, without ever naming names) but some decisions are just so odd I am beginning to wonder.

According to him, the proof of evidence before the court is sufficient to warrant an explanation from the defendants regarding the role they played in the alleged contract scam.

ABUJA — MEMBERS of the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives on failed rail contracts have summoned the Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi; Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Seyi Sijuwade; former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Mohammed Bello Haliru; and former Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, to explain their roles in the alleged N1 trillion rail contracts scam.

«The Lagos office of the EFCC in July 2014, received a petition from the U.S. Army alleging that some persons traced to Nigeria defrauded some members of the U.S. Army of over 13,000 dollars in a romance scam.

A top source in the agency confirmed to Vanguard last night that Babachir, who was removed from office in connection with the alleged contract scam last year, was invited to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja and was detained.

The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport says its ongoing investigation into alleged N30 trillion revenue scam in the import and export chain is still on course.

Howe signed the agreement after pleading guilty in 2016 to an alleged bribery scheme with Percoco, but his bail was revoked Thursday night after he reluctantly conceded on cross examination that a few weeks later he tried to scam Capital One out of $ 604 for a stay at the Waldorf Astoria.

The charges come just days after state Sen. Malcolm Smith was charged in a wide - ranging corruption scam that alleges he tried to bribe his way on to the Republican ballot for mayor.

The former senior Police officer was interdicted following his alleged role in one of the biggest Police recruitment scams in January 2015.

The EFCC also arrested the bank's Head of Operations, Martins Izuogbe, for his role in the alleged scam, which the anti-graft agency described as unprecedented.

Donald Trump earned a victory in Manhattan federal court after a judge tossed out a model's lawsuit alleging his Trump Model Management stiffed her out of more than $ 200,000 as part of a modeling scam.

The Comptroller and Attorney General worked with the NYC Department of Investigation in the investigation of Alvarez's alleged scam.

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, is blaming the Governor of Bank of Ghana for the alleged scam perpetrated by DKM Microfinance company and others in some parts of the country.

Armsgate: Fayose cautions Buhari over probe of military chiefs, says $ 2.1 bn arms deal is a scam Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to rethink his order that 18 Military Generals be probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged involvement in the $ 2.1 billion arms deal.

The ex-DSS boss had been invited by the EFCC for his alleged role in the arms scam involving a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

Ekpenyong, who served as the head of the DSS from 2010 to 2015, had been invited by the EFCC for his alleged role in the arms scam involving a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

It would be recalled that a Commissioner of Police (COP), Mr Patrick Timbillah, who was Director General in charge of Police Human Resource Development in March 2015 was indicted by the Police administration over his alleged involvement in a police recruitment scam.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says in the alleged scam, customers end up with «worthless referrals to companies who are not expecting» them.

There was also an alleged health care scam, in which Silver allegedly received more than $ 5 million in payments from the trial firm of Weitz & Luxenberg.

They were said to living flamboyantly and alleged to be involved in internet scam, forgery of financial instruments and lottery scam.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has quizzed a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, on his alleged role in the $ 15bn arms scam.

At a press conference held in front of 552 Academy on Mon., Jan. 19, City Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez and State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who represents parts of the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, identified the alleged scam artist as Jennifer Ricardo, age 33.

Two separate committees headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Senate Ad hoc Committee had last year recommended the prosecution of all those involved in the alleged contract scam in the Presidential Initiative in the North - East headed by Babchir.

Donald Trump earned a victory in Manhattan federal court Wednesday after a judge tossed out a model's lawsuit alleging his Trump Model Management stiffed her out of more than $ 200,000 as part of a modeling scam.

Or that the alleged scam hadn't been made possible by the way billions in contracts are awarded via state - controlled nonprofits that were removed from Comptroller's Office scrutiny back in 2011.

The former senior Police officer was interdicted after the incident, following his alleged role in the scam in January 2015.

But, on November 25, 2017, the former minister of state defected to the APC, a move that was seen by many as trying to evade further probe for his alleged involvement in the $ 2.1 bn arms scam.

Alleged N2.3 billion NIMASA Scam: Witness says he shared N121 m on Accused's Instruction The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday presented the sixth witness in the ongoing trial of a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and five others for the alleged diversion of over Two Billion -LAlleged N2.3 billion NIMASA Scam: Witness says he shared N121 m on Accused's Instruction The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday presented the sixth witness in the ongoing trial of a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and five others for the alleged diversion of over Two Billion -Lalleged diversion of over Two Billion -LSB-...]

Many organizations invested in Madoff's hedge fund, which prosecutors allege was a $ 50 billion scam.

The suit, filed at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Friday, seeks class - action status and alleges that because eHarmony has no matchmatching system, consumers are oftentimes hooked up with scam artists.

«Scams and fraud have long been a headache for the online dating industry, and we knew there was alleged fraud in the Craig's List personals.

The victim in an alleged online dating scam was very, very angry when a woman he was.

Toronto police are warning the public about an alleged online extortion scam in.

In an action filed before the Ontario Superior Court, the bureau requested more than $ 11.5 million in penalties and restitution for victims of the alleged Yellow scaIn an action filed before the Ontario Superior Court, the bureau requested more than $ 11.5 million in penalties and restitution for victims of the alleged Yellow scain penalties and restitution for victims of the alleged Yellow scam.

9 Henry, Michele, The Toronto Star, Shady clinics bilk $ 1.3 billion in bogus car insurance claims scam, July 13, 2011, read; Henry, Michele, The Toronto Star, Charges laid in fraudulent auto injury claims investigation January 17, 2013, read; Insurance Bureau of Canada, Insurers Allege Clinics Stole Signatures to Bill, April 21, 2011, read; Economical v. Fairview, 2011 ONSC 7535; The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company v. MD Consult Inc. (Toronto Regional Medical Assessment Centre), 2013 ONSC 1347; Allstate Insurance Company v. Fairview Assessment Centre, 2013 ONSC 544; and Economical Insurance Co. v. Fariview Assessment Centre, 2013 ONSC 4037.

The important question of how much latitude judges have in Ontario to avoid trials by granting summary judgment under Rule 20 is scheduled to come before the Supreme Court of Canada in March in two appeals involving an alleged investor scam.

The controversial Honourable David Emerson featured in one BC law suit Wright v. British Columbia Trade Development Corp., (1994), 3 C.C.E.L. (2d) 254 (BC S.C.) where an employee alleged that he had been wrongfully dismissed in a letter from Emerson for a tasteless scam in which the plaintiff had forged the signatures of senior executives on gift cards accompanying skimpy lingerie to female employees, given on Valentine's Day.

A nationwide alleged property investment «scam» (feature on BBC Panorama program) in which the solicitors are accused of multiple breaches of the Solicitors Practice Rules and Solicitors Accounts Rules.

The finance minister's statements come on the heels of a report that the Austrian government is seeking suspects in an alleged bitcoin scam by a company called Optioment, which may have resulted in investor losses of up to $ 115 million.

Austrian authorities are asking Interpol to help track down suspects in an alleged Bitcoin scam that blew up last year and may have hit at least hundreds, maybe thousands of investors in the country and abroad.

We sought emergency relief to prevent investors from being victimized by what we allege to be an outright scam,» said Stephanie Avakian, Co-Director of the SEC's Enforcement Division, in a statement.

MMM and OneCoin are two of the most prominent alleged bitcoin scams in Africa but there are much more.

The alleged cryptocurrency scam is the latest to take shape in Canada, which has seen a number of schemes solicit investors in recent months.

The G Report (which I refuse to link until further confirmations still pending) nevertheless presents an interesting paradigm: IF this were #fakenews, and being that the ALLEGED capture of the biggest KleptoCurrency SCAM figurehead in crypto history, a simple phone call, video or even Facebook post / image from the past several days by the KleptoQueen would immediately quell the confusion.

Brian Paige is suing Bitconnect for an undisclosed sum for operating an alleged online investment scam — a Ponzi scheme — in the second such lawsuit filed against the lending and exchange platform in a week.