In a landmark trial, a 67-year-old Vietnamese property developer has been sentenced to death for her role in orchestrating one of the most staggering bank frauds in history. Businesswoman Truong My Lan, founder of real estate developer Vạn Thịnh Phát Group, received the judgement for her
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A rare collection of Barbie dolls is set to go up for auction.
A prestigious art gallery has sacked a worker who secretly put one of his own paintings on public display. The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said the 51-year-old technical employee smuggled the 60cm x 120cm painting into the building and installed it on an empty wall.
The Hong Kong authorities have made the city's largest ever gold smuggling bust after seizing 146kg of gold which was disguised as machine parts. The bust is estimated to have captured more than HK$84 million (around £8.5m) in gold and was intercepted in March on route to Japan.
A Pokémon fan who sold a rare card for a fraction of its value has recouped it after collectors informed him it was potentially worth thousands of pounds. Shared in a TikTok, user LeighCeezy took their childhood collection of Pokémon TCG cards to a local store in an attempt to earn som
The mayor of a small Italian island is offering free goats to anyone who can remove them from the island. Alicudi, a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, is said to be overrun by wild goats — with around 600 goats to 100 human residents, CNN reports.
A gold nugget that is believed to be the largest found in England has failed to sell at auction.
A group of prisoners have launched last-minute legal action in a bid to be allowed to see a total solar eclipse in the US next week. Millions of Americans will be able to see a total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April, though only a partial eclipse will be visible from Ireland and the UK.
Four men are set to stand trial over the theft of a £4.8 million solid gold toilet.
A crypt near Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner is set to go up for auction and is expected to sell for between $200,000 and $400,000 (around £158,000-£316,000).
Major food manufacturers have dismissed allegations of 'shrinkflation' – reducing product sizes while maintaining prices – despite evidence of smaller pack sizes, claiming changes are to improve product taste and quality. They argue that shoppers are "savvy" and any reductions are t
The door that was used on the set of Titanic has been sold at auction for almost a million dollars.
A man who learned printing skills in prison as part of a rehabilitative programme later put his skills to work counterfeiting bank notes, according to police. Bhupendra Singh Dhakat, a 35-year-old man from the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, was found to have nearly 100 counterfeit notes when arre
In an admission at the House of Lords that filled the chamber with laughter, former police chief Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate revealed he didn't report his wife's stolen credit card because the thief was spending less than she typically did. The North East peer left fellow Lords in stitches as he
The price of some popular Easter eggs have risen by 50% or more as climate change hits cocoa crops in West Africa.