Protesters marched on the offices of Kenya's election commission on Tuesday, demanding a speedy investigation of the murder of a senior official that has raised fears over the legitimacy of next week's national elections. Chris Msando, the election board's head of information, communication and technology, ...
Closing arguments got underway Thursday in the securities fraud trial of Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical executive label "The Most Hated Man in America." The 34-year-old, who hunched over in his chair and fiddled with his hair, risks being jailed for ...
Prosecutors pursue a criminal investigation into former head of a scandal-mired nationalist school operator Moritomo Gakuen and his wife.
Two men have been arrested for allegedly sending virus infection alerts purporting to be from Google Inc. and deceiving recipients into paying for antivirus software, police said Wednesday. Shin Sato, 35, and Naoki Yamamoto, 52, were arrested Monday on suspicion of sending the alerts via ...
Arrests this month in Fujian province present diplomatic challenge as no extradition treaty exists between Japan and China despite years of negotiations
A 29-year-old Chinese man has been indicted in what is being described as Japan's first known fraud case linked to Apple Pay, the new mobile payment service. In March, four Chinese nationals allegedly used two iPhone 7s to purchase 981 cartons of cigarettes worth ¥4.45 ...
A Japanese woman wanted by Kumamoto police for allegedly defrauding dozens of people out of millions of yen was arrested Wednesday after being extradited from Thailand. Setsuko Yamabe, 62, a native of Kumamoto Prefecture, was placed under arrest by police, who accompanied her on the ...
Thai police say they have arrested a Japanese woman wanted for allegedly running a multimillion-dollar pyramid investment scheme in her homeland. Immigration Department chief Lt. Gen. Nutthorn Prawsunthorn said Wednesday that Setsuko Yamabe, 62, persuaded victims to invest ¥700 million ($6.3 million) in a fund ...
The nation's elderly are more confident in their abilities to avoid falling victim to so-called special fraud cases, including remittance scams, than younger people, and are less prepared to take measures against it, a government survey showed Saturday. By age group, 50.7 percent of the ...
Europe's police officers need to become "as tech-savvy" as the criminals they are trying to catch, its policing agency urged Thursday, saying it had identified some 5,000 gangs operating across the continent. "Technology is a key component of most, if not all criminal activities carried ...
A Spanish court on Monday dismissed appeals from Neymar and Barcelona over alleged fraud and corruption in the Brazilian star's transfer from Santos in 2013. The decision brings the possibility of the player and club facing trial a step closer. Neymar's arrival from Brazil's Santos has ...
A Tokyo hospital director was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of defrauding a company executive after falsely diagnosing him with a sexually transmitted disease, police said. Michinari Hayashi, 69, head of Shinjuku Central Clinic, allegedly swindled about ¥26,000 in total from the executive in his 60s ...
