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Essex News & Investigations

By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2024
UK defence firm Thales facing bribery and corruption probe
The Thales Group is headquartered in Paris and its subsidiary Thales UK employs over 7,000 staff in the UK across 16 sites.  ...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 15, 2023
Woman sent nudes to online fraudster she thought was Gary Barlow - celebrity dating scam rise
A WOMAN was conned out of thousands of pounds by a romance fraudster who posed as TV chef James Martin, while another was tricked into...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 7, 2023
11 Russian nationals with suspected links to Kremlin security services sanctioned by US and UK
ELEVEN members of a prolific ransomware hacking group have been exposed and sanctioned by the UK and US, as part of a joint campaign...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 26, 2023
Man pled guilty to London's biggest cyber scam - iSpoof website that made it look like bank called
A man responsible for running a multi-million-pound fraud website has pleaded guilty to one of the capital's biggest ever cyber scams....
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 15, 2022
Cyber crooks face blow after 48 websites used to aid scammers taken out in international operation
AN INTERNATIONAL operation targeting online tools used to commit serious cyber attacks has seen the takedown of 48 of the world’s most...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 23, 2022
More than 100 UK arrests in massive international bank 'ispoof' fraud probe involving FBI & Met
AN INTERNATIONAL one-stop bank spoofing website, suspected of being run from the UK, has been taken down in the country’s biggest ever...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jul 2, 2022
Indian national wanted by FBI over $31m "wire fraud" agrees to be extradited to the USA
A MAN wanted in connection with a $31m (£24m) wire fraud in the US has agreed to extradition. Gautam Choudhary, 41, was arrested on an...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 7, 2021
Illegal immigrant Nigerian 'Romeo' fraudster preyed on terminally ill victim after she died
AN ILLEGAL Nigerian immigrant "Romeo" fraudster continued to target a terminally ill woman he had pursued even after she died. Osagie...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 5, 2021
Illegal Amazon or eBay of 'environmental' boiler room investment frauds fear in wake of Cop26
AN illegal "Amazon or eBay of boiler room investment frauds" could emerge to con ethical investors in the wake of Cop26, lawyers who...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jun 17, 2021
Ex-GCHQ chief in warning over rise of 'sim swapping' as US seeks to extradite hacker over $50m fraud
A FORMER security services chief has warned people to toughen up phone security or risk falling prey to a growing number of...
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