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NEPAL
Emerging
FRAUD TYPES
Mobile money fraud, lottery scams, identity fraud
KEY FACTS
Digital payments growing. Fraud controls lagging behind adoption. Cross-border fraud with India.
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BORN HERE▸
Nobody in our case files was born in Nepal yet.
OPERATED HERE▸
Nobody in our case files is documented as operating from Nepal yet.
KNOWN FOR▸
THE PICTURE▸
Nepal's most prominent fraud problem is the embezzlement of savings in savings-and-credit cooperatives, which has drawn in senior politicians: Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane was arrested in 2024-2025 over more than Rs109M allegedly moved from a Butwal cooperative to a media company he ran, and the case remains before the courts (Wikipedia, 2026). Weak oversight of cooperatives and money-laundering controls led the FATF to place Nepal under increased monitoring in February 2025. Investigations are led by the Nepal Police Central Investigation Bureau and Cyber Bureau and the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.
TOP FRAUDSTERS FROM HERE1▸
Rabi Lamichhane CHARGEDREPORT PENDING
Rs109M+ (~$0.8M; alleged transfers from Supreme Savings and Credit Cooperative) · 2017–2021
Rastriya Swatantra Party chair accused of fraud and embezzlement of cooperative savers' money via Gorkha Media Network; released on bail in December 2025 and denies wrongdoing.
SOURCE: Wikipedia, 'Rabi Lamichhane', accessed Sep 2026
FRAUD BY CATEGORY▸
No official body here publishes a breakdown of fraud by type, so we show none rather than guess.
KEY NUMBERS▸
Feb 2025 Nepal added to the FATF list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring (FATF, Feb 2025)
WHO FIGHTS IT▸
Nepal Police Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Cyber Bureau; Department of Money Laundering Investigation.
Electronic Transactions Act 2008 and Asset (Money) Laundering Prevention Act govern cyber fraud and laundering cases.
Nepal placed on the FATF grey list (Feb 2025).
SOURCES▸
Wikipedia, 'Rabi Lamichhane', accessed Sep 2026
FATF plenary outcomes, Feb 2025
Case lists and figures compiled September 2026 from court records, regulators and major press; statuses change. Series reports above are fact-checked case files.