An old lag who lavished GBP 165,000 on his online girlfriend was astonished to learn that the beautiful nurse he had fallen for was his old prison cellmate. The besotted…
A driver with nearly EUR 19,000 in cash stashed in his car, as well as antique German currency, has been seized for money laundering by police in Germany. The suspect…
A former Chinese anti-corruption chief at China's national spy agency has pleaded guilty in court to receiving an astonishing GBP 27 million in bribes. Liu Yanping, 67, confessed to receiving…
Museum chiefs trying to recover a EUR-110-million haul stolen in a heist were conned into handing a fortune in cash to a fraudster, prosecutors in Germany have revealed. The collection…
A man has found an Iron-Age Viking sword and jewellery while clearing some undergrowth in his forest in Finland, yet despite the fact that they suspect there are more treasures…
Italian police have dug up an astonishing EUR 8 million in cash buried in a couple's garden as part of a suspected complicated tax scam. Investigators unearthered bundles of banknotes…
A German pensioner discovering a plastic bag packed with precious jewellery and cash in a hedge in his garden has been told by cops that he can keep it all.…
City officials in Austria are offering financial support for anyone taking up beekeeping in a bid to improve the region’s ecosystem. The council of Villach, in the southern province of…
An astonished DIY fan discovered a secret hoard of EUR 150,000 in cash when he reassembled a kitchen he had bought on eBay. The lucky buyer identified as Thomas Heller,…
Two 'Robin Hood' brothers who allegedly stole almost a billion pounds after a software glitch left them with a bottomless bank account that never ran out of money have been…