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Wij hebben geen details omtrent de fraude.

Wij hebben geen details omtrent de fraude.
We have no details regarding the fraud.
From Lesson 329:Extended attributive phrases·Dutch

Questions & Answers about Wij hebben geen details omtrent de fraude.

Is omtrent commonly used in spoken Dutch to mean "about" or "regarding"?
It is mostly used in formal contexts, official writing, or news reports. In an everyday conversation, you would almost always replace omtrent with the much simpler over (Wij hebben geen details over de fraude).
Are there other formal prepositions I could use instead of omtrent here?
Yes, you could use aangaande or the phrase met betrekking tot (often abbreviated as m.b.t.). All of these mean regarding or concerning and fit this formal, legal-sounding sentence perfectly.
How is the loanword details pronounced in Dutch?
Because it is borrowed from French, it retains a French-sounding pronunciation (roughly day-TIES or day-TAJ). It is not pronounced like the English word. Also, note that the singular noun is neuter: het detail.
How could we expand this sentence using an extended attributive phrase (trek harmonica) to say "the fraud committed by the manager"?
You would squeeze the extra information between the article de and the noun fraude using a past participle: Wij hebben geen details omtrent de door de manager gepleegde fraude.

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