Fake police officer is alleged to have used AI to deceive victims
A 52-year-old man is suspected of fraud and of impersonating official functions. The number of incidents he may be involved in has not yet been established.
Fake electricity inspector in Madeira defrauded over €24,000
Man charged by the Public Prosecutor's Office with 23 counts of aggravated fraud. He defrauded companies.
The Oeno Fraud and the Innocents of Wine
With wine, if you don't make money from it you can at least drink it. Quite another matter is investing in bundles of wine as if they were shares. That's what Oeno was offering its clients. Column by Pedro Garcias.
Files complaint against operator over nearly €600 charge for SMS to Haiti
A man filed a complaint with the Judicial Police in Lisbon, saying he lost €592.20.
Posed as a police officer on social media and scammed victims by promising to have fines cancelled
The suspect was arrested in Penafiel.
The hangover from wine pyramid schemes
Every year dozens of Ponzi schemes appear around the world. The trick keeps recurring and investors keep falling for it.
Witches acquitted of fraud totalling €275,000
The women promised to cure illnesses and remove the evil eye. The court released the accused, who had been held in custody for a year and a half.
Nobody in Portugal wants to try the fraud case involving nearly €900,000
After the district courts of Castelo Branco and Porto declined to take the case, the Supreme Court will decide where the proceedings will be held.
Where is Justice?
A GNR officer was sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding elderly people, but the victims received little or nothing.
Former Social Security technician handed a suspended sentence
The technician altered the status of cases relating to unemployment benefit payments, which were partially credited to her account. She was also ordered to pay a fine of €12,000.
Luxury-wine pyramid scheme dupes 500 Portuguese
A London-based company required a minimum investment of €5,000 in bottles that investors never saw.
Despertador: Hundreds defrauded in wine business; criminal proceedings against the leader of the Fed
The 'Despertador' report says hundreds were harmed in a wine-related business scheme and a criminal case has been opened against the leader of the Fed.
Conman leaves 114 families homeless and a €27 million shortfall
A developer of residential complexes in Palmela sold the same houses to multiple buyers.
€123,000 fraud in purchase of electric cars in Coimbra
One of the defendants purchased 55 vehicles to benefit from state incentives. The cars were exported to Norway and Belgium.
Those defrauded by Oeno, the wine broker that collapsed
Investors in Oeno, the British luxury wine broker believed to have left hundreds of victims in Portugal, say they were defrauded. The company's management says it was sold.
Solicitor withdraws more than half a million euros from cases where he served as enforcement agent
The defendant is accused of appropriating funds that belonged to creditors and failing to return them even after being notified by the court to do so under threat of a fine.
Manuel Santana Lopes diverted more than €250,000 from celebrities and now returns to the same sector
After the controversy at Inês Mendes da Silva’s agency and a spell working as a waiter, Manuel Santana Lopes is back on the market.
Suspect arrested over fraud valued at nearly €700,000
CEO fraud campaigns are characterised by the sending of emails or messages in which a malicious actor poses as an entity associated with the target organisation, managing to obtain money.
Frauds caused property losses exceeding 65 million euros in 2024
In 2024, fraudulent activities resulted in significant property losses, amounting to over 65 million euros.
Parliament approves hearing of Carlos Alexandre on fraud in the NHS
Members of the parliamentary Health committee approved, this Wednesday, the request from the Liberal Initiative to hear Judge Carlos Alexandre regarding the announced Commission to Combat Fraud in the National Health Service (NHS).