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Saturday, 26.09.2020, 20:55
Latvia: Businessman charged with attempt to defraud EUR 4 mln from EU funds
01.09.2020The prosecution has handed down to the court a criminal case, charging a businessman with an attempt to defraud more than EUR 4 mln from the EU funds and laundering EUR 1.4 mln of the defrauded funds, LETA learned from the prosecution.
Keyword tags: Crime, EU – Baltic States, Financial Services, Funds, Legislation
Counterfeit notes found at bank in Tallinn several times last week
18.08.2020Counterfeit banknotes were found at a bank in Tallinn on several occasions at the end of last week, the police said LETA/BNS.
Police bust group cybercriminals, seize EUR 420,000 in cash and crypto currencies
20.07.2020The State Police officials have busted an organized group of cybercriminals, seizing about EUR 420,000 in different currencies in cash and in crypto currencies, LETA learned from the State Police.
Explosion in Vilnius was planned during daytime with people around – police rep
27.06.2020The bomb placed at the building housing international company in Vilnius last October did not go off but it could have caused major damage to the building and injured many people, Rolandas Kiskis, chief of Lithuania's criminal police, says LETA/BNS.
Criminal procedure launched on alleged fraud in relation to procurement of police uniforms
17.06.2020The Internal Security Bureau (IDB) has launched a criminal procedure in relation to possible fraud in the tenders of uniforms by the State Police, and deputy chiefs of the State Police - Normunds Krapsis and Renate Fila-Roke are involved in the case, informed LETA/BNS.
Latvia: Police carry out 40 searches in money laundering case; several persons detained
he State Police (VP) today, in cooperation with other authorities, is conducting 40 searches in connecting with a money laundering probe and has detained several persons, informed LETA/BNS.
We state of emergency, ''money mules'' and fraudsters becoming more active - Financial Intelligence Unit
During the emergency, organized crime and various types of fraudsters become more active in order to take advantage of the fact that a number of people have lost their income, including the more active use of so-called "money mules", Ilze Znotina, head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FID), told LETA.
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