Cheating

Hikaru Nakamura criticises FIDE’s anti-cheating measures at Candidates chess tournament, victory hopes fade away

Hikaru Nakamura looks on during Norway Chess 2024 which is held in Finansparken in Stavanger, Norway May 27, 2024. NTB/Carina Johansen/via REUTERS/File Photo

EU finds 30% of online traders ‘cheat’ on Black Friday sales

Online sellers incorrectly displayed discounts, and used pressure-selling techniques and “drip pricing”, the EU found.

Jail for man who tried to dupe bank into giving him $2.88m mortgage loan, abused meth

Saiful, 40, was sentenced to six years’ jail after he pleaded guilty to five drug-related charges and an unrelated charge of attempted cheating linked to the scam.

2 men charged with cheating linked to grants; IRAS and SBF disbursed more than $98k in total

At the time of their alleged offences, Ronald Quek Yi Jun (left) was the chief executive of information technology consultancy RH Kingsmen, while Ong Hanjie (right) was a director there.

Over 2 years’ jail for man who cheated victim of $89k in investment ruse

Lee Chee Tiong had duped the 57-year-old victim into making “investments” for a company that did not exist.

Man was out on bail for theft, cheating charges when he allegedly damaged NParks’ crow traps

Mohd Yusrin Mohd Yusof’s latest alleged offences caused trapped crows to escape, and he appeared in court via video-link on March 6.

Hin Leong founder O.K. Lim’s jail term cut to 13½ years after appeal to High Court

Hin Leong founder OK Lim arriving at the Supreme Court for the court hearing on March 4.

Jail for 2 foreigners over ruse to buy luxury goods with other individuals’ credit card details

Court documents did not disclose how the unnamed individuals’ credit card details ended up in the mobile phones.

Jail for woman over ruse to dupe WSG programme partner into disbursing $14.4k in grants

Chew Chui Shien was sentenced to five months’ jail on Feb 24 after she pleaded guilty to two charges - cheating involving $8,400, and forgery.

Nearly 4 years’ jail for man who threatened to kill own mum, posed as cop to cheat another victim

The man pleaded guilty to eight charges for offences including criminal intimidation, cheating, possessing weapons in a public place, and misusing a computer system.

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