Fraud
Netanyahu’s trial hearing shortened due to ‘security developments’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial was abruptly halted in Jerusalem as Hamas sent more hostage remains to Israel, prompting a high-level security meeting.
Trump commutes prison sentence of former lawmaker George Santos, orders him released
Jobs for friends, missing funds: Police arrest lawyer, probe May Golan’s ministry, office
Wealth without integrity: A growing phenomenon in the business arena - opinion
In huge win for Trump, court throws out half-billion-dollar fraud penalty
The decision by a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division in Manhattan represented a defeat for New York Attorney-General Letitia James, whose office brought the civil fraud lawsuit against Trump.
Social media matchmaker accused of defrauding thousands of shekels from disabled clients
The defendant is alleged to have also robbed victims at gunpoint, using an airsoft gun to imitate a real weapon.
Indian national arrest for running fake embassy scam outside New Delhi
Among the fake documents recovered by police were 12 different diplomatic passports.
Scandal rocks Ireland after professional hurler admits to faking cancer to defraud people
The 54-year-old was one of Ireland’s most accomplished hurlers, winning the All-Ireland five times and All-Star multiple times.
Fraudsters sold fake Sephardic citizenship for cash, say Spanish police
The immigration scheme allegedly exploited a 2015 law, dubbed the “Law of Return,” that allows the descendants of Jews expelled in the 1492 Spanish Inquisition to obtain Spanish nationality.
Southern Israel resident convicted of one million NIS fraud through phishing
Magistrates’ Court Judge Anat Choleta found that the defendant exploited Bank Hapoalim’s “Deposit Envelope” service to commit fraud totalling nearly NIS 1 million.
How Iraqi militias siphoned billions from Visa and Mastercard for Iran - WSJ
US and Iraqi authorities revealed a complex scheme involving prepaid cards that funneled illicit funds to Iranian-backed terror militias.
Bedouin town's treasurer inflated salary, embezzled over NIS 1.7 million from local council
Former Tuba-Zanghariya treasurer inflated salary, embezzled over NIS 1.7 million from local council.
Police arrest dozens of soccer players suspected of fraud and embezzlement
They are suspected of fraud and embezzlement of public funds. Also held and questioned were a doctor, a lawyer, and a staffer at the NII.
Knesset c'mtee discusses scam stealing millions from elderly, Holocaust survivors
The fraud, committed largely via telephone, particularly targeted Israel's Russian-speaking community, with scammers speaking in Russian.
Homeless man buys and resells one Omer Adam concert ticket, earns NIS 40,000
An investigation revealed that the suspect defrauded people by changing SIM cards to different phone numbers and reselling the same ticket.
