COPENHAGEN—A Danish woman has been charged by Danish police in a money laundering case involving more than 30 billion Danish crowns ($4.55 billion) which was channeled through Danske Bank’s Estonian branch, Denmark’s public prosecutor said on Wednesday. The 49-year old Danish citizen, is currently in preliminary questioning at Copenhagen city court, where it will be…
Danish Woman Charged Over Laundering of $4.5 Billion in Danske Bank Scandal
China’s Former Vice Premier’s Scandal Highlights More Allegations
November 12, 2021
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News analysis Zhang Gaoli, the former vice premier of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) State Council, was recently accused of sexual assault against Peng Shuai, a professional tennis star who is 40 years younger than Zhang. Although Chinese authorities have been scrambling to block all related posts, more and more of Zhang’s alleged scandals are…
Imprisoned Lottery Computer Tech Seeks to Overturn Sentence
DES MOINES, Iowa—A man serving a 25-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit theft by rigging computers to win jackpots for himself, friends, and family is suing the state of Iowa, claiming he was pressured four years ago to plead guilty to crimes he did not commit. Eddie Tipton filed documents starting the lawsuit from…
Former USC Athletic Official Pleads Guilty Ahead of College Scam Trial
November 6, 2021
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BOSTON—A former senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC) pleaded guilty on Friday to participating in a vast fraud and bribery scheme that allowed wealthy parents’ children to gain admission to colleges as fake sports recruits. Donna Heinel, 60, had been set to go before a federal jury in Boston later…
US Treasury Will Hold IMF Chief Accountable for Integrity Changes: Official
October 21, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The second-ranking U.S. Treasury official told senators on Tuesday that the agency would hold International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva accountable for changes needed to safeguard IMF integrity in the wake of a World Bank data-rigging scandal. “We did not find that it was appropriate at this point to remove the (IMF) managing director,”…
Pandora Papers Leak Reveals Vast Riches of a Religious Order Tainted by Sex Scandal
By Spencer Woodman From Miami Herald MIAMI—In January, Carlos Lomena, a truck driver in Plantation who lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic, begged a judge to stop his landlord from evicting him. The 37-year-old Lomena hoped to get a fair shake in court. He’d emigrated from Venezuela after high school with a sense that…
Bad for Business: World Bank China Rigging Scandal Rattles Investors
LONDON—Some investors and campaigners expressed dismay on Friday at revelations that World Bank leaders pressured staff to boost China’s score in an influential report that ranks countries on how easy it is to do business there. They also said the World Bank’s subsequent discontinuation of the “Doing Business” series of annual reports could make it…
Ex-Wells Fargo Execs Square Off With US Regulator in Trial Over Phony Account Scandal
WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, kicked off its civil trial on Monday of three former Wells Fargo & Co. executives over their alleged roles in a scandal involving phony accounts at the San Francisco lender. The proceedings before an in-house OCC judge in Sioux Falls, South…
Former Media Executive to Plead Guilty in US College Admissions Scandal
BOSTON—A former media executive has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme by paying $525,000 to win admission for her children to top universities, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Elisabeth Kimmel, a former owner and president of San Diego-based Midwest Television, had been scheduled to go to trial…
South Korea to Release Samsung Scion on Parole
SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea will release billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong on parole this week after he spent 18 months in prison for his role in a massive corruption scandal that triggered nationwide protests and led to the ouster of the country’s previous president. The announcement Monday by the Justice Ministry, which came with a…
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