Refugees jailed for cheque scam
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A gang of Algerian refugees are jailed for their role in a huge credit card fraud which targeted high street stores.
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British police are investigating an alleged scam where conmen may have helped hundreds of migrants cheat some of the requirements for British citizenship, a newspaper reported in an early edition.
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LONDON, July 5 -- A 23-year-old Moroccan-born computer whiz who helped recruit suicide bombers for the al-Qaeda in Iraq insurgent group was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday in the latest case to illustrate Britain's struggles to contain the spread of Islamic radicalism. Two collaborators...
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A ringleader of a gang which smuggled thousands of illegal immigrants across Europe was jailed in London on Wednesday.
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Five men were jailed for a total of at least 70 years on Tuesday after being convicted of kidnapping and robbery in Britain's biggest cash heist, a 53 million pound ($105.4 million) raid on a cash depot.
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Police are warning people donating to the UK's tsunami relief fund to be vigilant to fraudsters trying to cash in.
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A charity finds high levels of unemployment among refugees, despite them being highly qualified.
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Relatives of foreigners who outstay their visas could face imprisonment, under plans put to the Tories.
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A pensioner is sentenced to five years in prison for masterminding a Â£2.4m benefits scam
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Asylum seekers being held in Cardiff Prison have been moved to an immigration detention centre near London.
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The Obiang regime in Equatorial Guinea yesterday jailed 11 foreign mercenaries for up to 34 years, as documents surfaced further implicating Mark Thatcher in a British-led coup attempt which has caused international embarrassment.
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A Melbourne financial manager faces a hefty prison sentence after stealing AU$1m from his clients and handing it over to Nigerian advance fee fraudsters.
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Police are trying to find the owner of more than 60,000 euros sent to a boy in Norfolk by mistake.
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Illegal immigrants in Italy earning a few coins by washing windscreens at traffic lights could face up to three months in jail after Florence launched a crackdown and other cities said they might follow suit.
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Two cuffed for wheeling dead pal to Pay-O-Matic Two men were arrested yesterday in New York's Hell's Kitchen district after failing to convince staff at a "check-cashing store" to honour the welfare cheque of a deceased friend, the New York Times reports.â¦
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A court in Malta has sentenced a 50-year-old Algerian national to three years in jail for smuggling illegal immigrants from Malta to Italy.
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Money wired to Russia and Ukraine Dutch police have arrested 14 suspects who allegedly lent their bank accounts at ABN Amro to cybercriminals in Russia and Ukraine. After being recruited by the fraudsters, the mules received funds taken from phishing scams, which they transferred overseas.â¦