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Abdi Serdar Ustunsalih, head of Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi since 2019, is accused of personal enrichment, irregular loans, and laundering illicit funds, allegedly amassing a $1 billion fortune and being linked to major corruption cases.

Abdul Karim Telgi was an Indian counterfeiter. He earned money by printing counterfeit stamp paper in India, with the size of the scam estimated to be around ₹200 billion (US$2.4 billion).

Adelheid Luise "Adele" Spitzeder, also known by her stage name Adele Vio, was a German actress, folk singer, and con artist.

Agha Hasan Abedi was a Pakistani banker and convicted felon who founded BCCI, which later collapsed amid a major banking fraud scandal. He was convicted of fraud in the UAE and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Agnieszka Machówna was a Polish con artist and bigamist. Born in the peasantry, she is famous for her fraud in posing as a member of the Zborowski family.

Alan Blacker is a former English solicitor advocate. Blacker first became known for being criticised for his appearance when attending court.

Alan Eddie Conway was an English conman known for impersonating film director Stanley Kubrick. Conway and his wife were travel agents with offices in Harrow and Muswell Hill.

Robert Alan Eagleson is a disbarred Canadian lawyer, hockey agent and promoter. Clients that he represented included superstars Bobby Orr and Darryl Sittler.

Albert Johnson Walker, also known as The Rolex Killer, is a Canadian criminal serving a prison term for embezzlement and murder.

Alexander Gennadyevich Pirovskih is a Russian fraudster and serial killer who killed five people in his native city of Chelyabinsk from 1997 to 1999.

retired in 2013 as CEO and vice-chairman of the Spanish bank Santander Group; in lower executive position in early 1990s, lied about bank loans so that some customers of the bank went to prison, sentenced to prison years later but manage...

self-styled banker; sold fake certificates of deposit to over 30,000 investors in 100 countries, raking in up to $8 billion over 20 years