Channel 4 News
| Apr 23, 2013
Millionaire businessman James McCormick faces jail after being convicted of selling phoney bomb detectors to the military, police forces and government around the world.
Channel 4 News
| Apr 3, 2013
Somali pirates have kidnapped hundreds of people and cost millions in ransom payments. Jamal Osman finds journalists keen to interview them do not always get what they bargained for.
Vice
| Mar 3, 2013
In the land where close to a third of young people are unemployed, many in Ghana turn to Sakawa, which involves duping Internet surfers to send money or snatching credit cards for online "shopping." For extra luck cashing in on their scams, they t...
Associated Press
| Nov 27, 2012
Four gay men have filed a civil suit against a prominent New Jersey counseling group, charging it with deceptive practices under the state’s Consumer Fraud Act, for selling conversial "conversion therapy" to make them straight. Th...
Channel 4 News
| Jul 9, 2012
Public sector bodies such as local councils and National Health Service trusts are falling prey to a new crime known as mandate fraud -- and now it is also spreading to private sector organizations. The con may be simple, but it's so widespread th...
LinkAsia
| Jan 30, 2012
An investigation has uncovered an underground ring of forged academic degrees from seminaries and fake qualifications, sold to aspiring pastors for around USD$40,000.
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 31, 2011
Iran's parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to face questioning over the biggest banking fraud in the country's history. It's thought Ahmadinejad will appear before the assembly within the next 10 days. Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabba...
— Aug 2, 2012 at 01:01 pm
In criminal law, fraud is intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent, and verb is defraud. Fraud is a crime and a civil law violation, though the specific criminal law definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Defrauding people or entities of money or valuables is a common purpose of fraud.
A hoax also involves deception, but without the intention of gain or of damaging or depriving the victim.
Fraud is a defense in a civil action for breach of contract or specific performance of a contract. Fraud is a basis for equitable jurisdiction.
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