All news on the topic: Embezzlement

After several outlets published articles suggesting that the head of Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Perspective Projects, Dmitry Lee, is suspected of fraudulent operations involving payment systems, those very outlets began facing pressure — and the articles were swiftly taken down.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria has charged former Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano with allegedly misappropriating funds designated for security. Obiano has denied all the charges.

Kyrgyzstan’s former leader Almazbek Atambayev was sentenced in absentia for corruption and organizing the 2019 riots, amid ongoing political tensions in the country. Several high-ranking officials were also convicted.

The previous leader of a prominent Chinese chip manufacturer received a death sentence with reprieve due to corruption that resulted in state losses of almost $200 million.

South Korean police report that Huh Kyung-young exploited his position as a spiritual leader to sexually abuse followers and embezzle millions to support his political activities.

Gurevich, who stole millions from the Nomad platform, was arrested in Israel after trying to leave the country with a new identity.

The Italian cardinal central to the Vatican’s "trial of the century," Angelo Becciu, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for "the good of the church," concluding days of drama that had overshadowed the proceedings.

Lebanon’s decision to send former central bank chief Riad Salame to trial on embezzlement charges has been praised as a step toward accountability, but critics say the case only scratches the surface of a much deeper financial scandal.

Bohdan Prylepa, who owns the cryptocurrency exchanges Coinsbit, Qmall, and other platforms, is now on Ukraine’s wanted list, suspected of large-scale fraud and the embezzlement of client funds exceeding one billion hryvnias.

In 2021, media reports emerged that made people seriously reconsider the future of one of Russia’s largest and most important infrastructure projects – the National Space Center (NSC).

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been given a four-year sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement.

Police Scotland states that the former first minister has not been charged in the party funding inquiry, while her husband appears in court for embezzlement

While French prosecutors investigated him for money laundering, Lebanese banker Marwan Kheireddine quietly transferred ownership of his $200 million UK real estate empire to his brother, raising suspicions of asset shielding amid a broader corruption probe into former central bank governor Riad Salame.