Businessman accused of using POS terminal to steal nearly $100m from bank

SHIGOLI: Digital is key to building resilience for health

Covid-19 will fundamentally redefine how medical underwriters manage the value chain, and most importantly, relationships with customers as well as key business

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Nigeria: Dubai to Prosecute Hushpuppi for Multiple Frauds

The newspaper said prosecutors have charged the 38-year-old, whose real name is Ramoni Abbas, with "obtaining money from others through fraudulent

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Crown opens its case

The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial, which came to an end on Friday, May 15, 2020 after 11 months, resulted in the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott

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Howard University Opens Free COVID-19 Testing Site For Underserved Communities

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the Black community and Howard University is stepping up to ensure that vulnerable groups in Washington, D.C. have access to adequate testing and resources amid the public health

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Intensify war against endemic corruption

EDITORIAL: Intensify war against endemic corruption

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Old, Sick and Incarcerated

Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year

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Witness tells of cheques in his name for work not done by him

• His evidence in terms of the process he explained occurs when he does legitimate work for the council (preparing, signing and submitting contractor invoice; the work is assessed and he visits the council to collect the cheque from the cashier where he presents his ID and signs for the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

The United States sanctions Cuban company handling remittances | New York Carib News

The US State Department included the Cuban company Fincimex on its list of restricted entities on

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Source: The New York Carib News

Asset Forfeiture Unit strikes after R5m Covid-19 relief money paid into wrong account

CSG Resourcing, a labour broking company, applied for Covid-19 relief of more than R5.6 million from the Unemployment Fund (UIF) of the Department of Labour for its

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Source: https://www.news24.com

BODO: Why medical insurers should tighten checks on hospitals

Why medical insurers should tighten checks on hospitals

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Uganda: Two Remanded to Luzira for Impersonating Ura Boss

Two men have been remanded to Luzira prison after they were charged with five counts, including attempting to commit electronic fraud, impersonating a tax

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: COVID-19 - How Recovery Funding Will Be Disbursed

According to a letter by the Central Bank to all the 16 local banks as well as Limited Liability Micro-finance institutions, the fund will be disbursed through local financial

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Metropol CRB launches credit score app

Metropol CRB launches credit score app to ease loans restructuring

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Kenya: Safaricom Makes It Harder for Crooks to Register SIM Cards Using Your ID Number

Safaricom has introduced a new feature set to protect customers through SMS notifications whenever their ID number is being used to register for a new line without the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa : Palestinian diplomats strive to drum up African support

The foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Riyad al-Maliki, is lobbying African countries for action on the situation in Gaza. Though the PA's advocacy efforts are focused primarily on the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States,

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Source: Africa Intelligence: exclusive news on Africa

$23.9m deposited into one account over three years

[251] We submit that, if the tribunal of fact accepts the evidence of the witnesses that they provided the proceeds from these cheques to Mr Elliott, the issues left for the court's consideration are: Whether or not the monies in Mr Elliott's accounts constitute criminal property, whether in whole

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Father Divine

Father Divine (c. 1876 – September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an African American spiritual leader[2] from about 1907 until his death. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as the Messenger early in his life. He founded the

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South Africa: VBS Bank Heist: More Arrests are Expected as Hawks Eye Directors, Municipalities

The Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have revealed that more individuals linked to the looting of about R2.2 billion from the now defunct VBS Mutual Bank could be arrested

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria Has Created 775 Jobs Through Ogoni Cleanup - Minister

The Nigerian government has said the ongoing remediation project of the hitherto polluted Ogoniland, which was launched in 2016, has created 775 jobs for qualified

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Reality Star Spent $2 Million Coronavirus Loan On Jewelry and Rolls Royce

A reality TV star in Atlanta has spent $85,000 of the $2 million emergency Coronavirus loan issued by the federal government on jewelry, authorities said on

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Source: Your Black World

Zimra officer clears vehicles as groceries, jailed

A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer based at Plumtree Border Post was jailed an effective six years for defrauding the tax collector of over US$500 000, excluding local currency, in illegal clearance of cars, giving them certificates of clearance used to clear groceries, blankets and

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Kenya: Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Former MP Rege

The court heard that Rege, then being the MP for Karachuonyo improperly used his office for the fraudulent procurement of telemedicine equipment for the said hospital thereby conferring an improper benefit of Sh909, 398 on Alliance Logistics Centre

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Source: allAfrica.com

'Blue lights fraud' matter to go to trial in November

The so-called blue lights fraud matter, where former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane is one of the accused, is set to go to trial in

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Scammers change tactics | New York Carib News

Scammers change tactics

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Local banks face deepest profit slump in 50 years

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Kisumu milling firm directors to stand trial for fraud and

Kisumu milling firm directors to stand trial for fraud and forgery

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African economic and social awakening: Lessons from Singapore

Singapore is a relatively young country, like many in Africa, but is now globally considered as an example to follow in terms of sustainable economic

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Vaz confident BPO sector will rebound despite COVID-19 losses

Meanwhile, the Government minister said the sector could still return to its pre-COVID-19 growth trajectory of 5,000 to 6,000 jobs per year, with adherence to training, promotion, policy, and health guidelines, as well as if new business can be secured, while also scaling up existing

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OIMEKE: Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration

Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration

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Fraudsters benefit Hundreds of millions in fraudulent, jobless benefits paid

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in the state to fraudulently receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits, the head of Washington's Employment Security Department said

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