US authorities say Mary Carole McDonnell, a former true-crime TV producer and ex-CEO of Bellum Entertainment, allegedly posed as an “aviation heiress” to obtain tens of millions in bank loans using fabricated financial documents. The FBI says she fled before her 2018 arrest warrant and is believed to be in Dubai.

U.S. authorities have brought parallel civil and criminal actions targeting HyperFund, a global crypto “membership” program marketed with fixed daily rewards and heavy multi-level recruitment. The SEC alleges an unregistered, fraudulent offering; the DOJ alleges a conspiracy that defrauded investors on a massive scale.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Canadian citizen Nathan Gauvin, age 26, and three affiliated entities—Blackridge, LLC, Gray Digital Capital Management USA, LLC, and Gray Digital Technologies, LLC—with orchestrating two fraudulent securities offerings that raised over $18 million from retail investors across the US and internationally.

Vienna court grants extradition immunity to corruption-accused tycoon based on dubious Belarusian "diplomatic" appointment—a move that cements Austria's reputation as Europe's oligarch sanctuary.

The disgraced Austrian real estate mogul René Benko has been convicted...

Austria’s Vienna Higher Regional Court has issued a final...

Game Insight’s shutdown left Russian staff with unpaid wages and severance, while assets and activity appear to have shifted to offshore-linked entities. A court-appointed administrator criticized leadership and signaled the pursuit of vicarious liability, with insiders naming longtime chairman Igor Matsanyuk. No final fraud ruling exists; cross-border claims and evidence are still developing.