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The Government has received part repayment from a gambling addict who conned it out of $2 million. Jeffrey Bevan, a Welsh book-keeper who worked in the Accountant-General’s office between 2011 and 2013, admitted laundering a fortune stolen from the G...

Police today warned of a scam e-mail that claimed to promote an investment opportunity endorsed by the Premier. David Burt was referred to as “Prime Minister Burt” in the e-mail, which asked people to invest in a cryptocurrency scheme with the promis...

People are being warned to ignore threatening e-mails circulating in Bermuda. Police said the offender uses different e-mail addresses from Microsoft Outlook accounts that claim to know the recipient’s passwords and social-media information. They thr...

Police have warned the public to watch out for scam e-mails that claim to be from two island regulatory authorities. A police spokesman said that the e-mail addresses were “considered to be highly compromised with malicious URLs which redirect to cre...

Police have warned against an internet phishing scam posing as a paid survey on behalf of a cellular and internet service company. A police spokesman said that people have been invited to participate in a survey on a website claiming to represent Dig...

The public was today warned to keep an eye out for fake Bermuda $100 notes. A police spokesman said officers were alerted after a counterfeit bill was spotted at a bank. He added that bank employees should also be on guard for suspicious cash. The...

Solid gold casts of Nelson Mandela’s hands that were once linked with Arbitrade, were auctioned in New York City last night. It was estimated the collection of four casts, if sold as a single lot, would fetch between $10 million and $20 million, but ...

A female police officer was charged yesterday with unauthorised access to police information and drug-related offences, police said. Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley said Lakila Hart was arrested in June last year on suspicion of defeating t...

A man targeted by fraudsters has warned fellow internet users to be on their guard. The would-be victim received a Facebook message claiming to be from the electronics firm Samsung notifying him he had won $800,000. He said that he was told he must p...

Once again the Bermuda Police Service Financial Crime Unit would like to remind members of the public to remain vigilant regarding scams that attempt to obtain personal information or other sensitive data. In particular, local residents should be wa...

People were warned yesterday to be on their guard against dishonest visa expediter service companies. The United States Consulate said fraudsters had falsely claimed fees from uninformed customers. A spokeswoman said: “Individuals who use third parti...

Prominent lawyer Justin Williams “categorically” denied any wrongdoing yesterday and branded an investigation by the Bermuda Police Service “an absurd witch-hunt”. Police announced on New Year’s Eve that they were seeking the return of Mr Williams to...