investment fraud

A Talrop director board member was arrested for investment fraud after a couple from Kallara alleged they were defrauded of ₹10 lakh through a Kochi-based company. The accused is a native of Pangode.

Dutch police arrested multiple individuals linked to an international investment fraud scheme that stole over €100 million from tens of thousands of victims.

Brits lost £1.28 billion to payment fraud in 2025, with 66% of incidents originating from online platforms and 17% from telecoms networks. UK Finance called for stricter regulations on tech and telecoms sectors to combat scams, as authorized push payment (APP) fraud losses rose 19% to over £576 million, driven by investment, romance, and impersonation fraud.

A Baker City, Oregon, man pleaded guilty to stealing clients' stock shares, selling them, and transferring the proceeds to his personal bank account over 17 years. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon announced the case.

A Texas man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for orchestrating a $20 million fraud involving Meta-1 Coin, which was falsely marketed as an investment backed by $44 billion in gold and $1 billion in artworks. The scheme operated from 2018 to 2023, with the assets claimed to back the coin being entirely fictional.

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a compensation process through the CLEU remission fund to reimburse victims of Chinese Liberal Education Holdings Ltd.'s investment fraud scheme. The scheme involved alleged pump-and-dump manipulation tactics designed to defraud investors.