UK fraud agency opens telecom fraud probe in conjunction with Manhattan DA
By Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld ( June 22, 2026, 21:15 GMT | Insight) -- Collapsed UK telecom company Internet Mobile Communications faces a UK fraud agency probe into suspected fraud, false accounting and money laundering. The investigation was made public as local prosecutors in New York charged six defendants and two corporations over an alleged $76.4 million fraud. The probe is a parallel operation between the New York and UK enforcers, the UK Serious Fraud Office said. Collapsed UK telecom company Internet Mobile Communications faces a UK fraud agency probe into suspected fraud, false accounting and money laundering. The investigation was made public as local prosecutors in New York charged six defendants and two corporations over an alleged $76.4 million fraud....
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