SCAMMERS are becoming increasingly bold, as apparently some have started impersonating government officials to deceive the public.
VIENTIANE: The government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures as Laos works to exit the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.
SINGAPORE: A woman who pointed a knife at a cafe customer and demanded money from her has been sentenced to 10 months' jail.
GENEVA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- FIFA, world football's governing body, announced details of the 2025 Club World Cup's 1-billion-US-dollar prize money on Wednesday, with the tournament champion set to receive up to 125 million dollars.
PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year jail sentence and a 300,000-euro fine for French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help his 2007 election campaign.
SINGAPORE: A man who offered S$30 to an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer as a bribe in 2024 was sentenced to three weeks' jail on Thursday (March 27).
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob turned up at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters on Monday (March 24) to continue giving his statement as part of investigations into allegations of corruption and money laundering against him.
This Hari Raya, artists and illustrators are turning humble sampul raya packets into pocket-sized arty collectibles
GENEVA (Reuters) - Two United Nations agencies said on Monday that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) on Wednesday (March 19) detained a money changer in connection with a corruption and money laundering case involving Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob before releasing him after he was found to have a heart problem.
KUALA LUMPUR: A former banker was charged at two Sessions Courts here today with six counts of money laundering and fraud related to the purchase of shares amounting to RM808,000, in 2013. Lau Min Thung, 43, pleaded not guilty after all the charges against him were read out before Judges Norma Ismail and Suzana Hussin on Wednesday (March 19).
(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Friday lifted economic sanctions against Tornado Cash, a firm that makes cryptocurrency transactions harder to track, which the Biden administration had accused of helping launder more than $7 billion for North Korean and other cyber hackers.
ATHENS (Reuters) - World Athletics' decision to start offering prize money to Olympic champions should not be seen as a template for all other sports, the body's chief Sebastian Coe, who runs for president of the International Olympic Committee, said on Friday.
TAWAU: The third accused in the murder case of Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu student Mohamad Nazmie Aizzat Mohd Narul Azwan, also known as Ijat, told the High Court here Thursday (March 13) that he did not personally see the victim stealing his money or that of the fourth accused.
(Reuters) - An international women's sevens soccer series is set to launch before the Women's Champions League final in May with a $5 million prize pool per edition, organisers said on Thursday.
Singapore's money market rates have dropped as traders shrug off the central bank's first monetary policy shift in five years.
While many may think of 'value' in monetary or financial terms, it means much more, especially in healthcare.
A Thai man who worked in an office building in Poipet has admitted laundering money for more than 70 call centre gangs, the police's Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) said on Monday (March 10).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indian authorities arrested at Washington's request a cryptocurrency exchange administrator accused of money laundering conspiracy and violating sanctions, India's top crime fighting bureau said on Wednesday.
PETALING JAYA: When Gregory (not his real name) got into an accident recently, damage to the car and repairs were not the only thing on his mind.