One 19-year-old girl, Madison Russo, has been detained and charged with charity fraud after faking cancer to raise money. The incident happened in Iowa, United State.The Eldridge Police Department charged Madison Russo with first-degree theft, which if found guilty carries a potential term of up to 10 years in prison.She was detained on January 23 but has since been released on bond. On March 2, she is expected back in court.The girl used fake accounts on TikTok and...

A 44-year-old Nigerian lady, Gbemisola Akinrinade and one Adebowale Adiatu, 32, have been arrested by the police in Canada for allegedly selling $500,000 worth of fraudulently issued plane tickets.The suspects, who are residents of Brampton and Vaughan respectively, between June and December 2021, allegedly misrepresented themselves as employees of travel agencies based out of the United Kingdom to secure access to an online booking portal belonging to a “major Euro...

Akuchie Ifeanyi Franklin and Fidel Ndubuisi have been arrested in India for alleged involvement in online fraud.The duo were arrested by the cyber police in Kerala arrested Akuchie, from Bengaluru on Monday, January 23, 2023, following a complaint by a Nallalam resident who had reportedly lost around N11m in the fraud operated by the suspect and his two aides.According to the police, the complainant had placed an advertisement on an e-commerce portal for selling imp...