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Man jailed after transatlantic tractor scam worth over £130,000, Farming UK, 17 November 2024
County Down woman successfully claims money back after falling victim to impersonation scam, Department for the Economy, 11 November 2024
Serious Fraud Office given extra funding to fight financial crime, The Financial Times, 07 November 2024
Ten-year ban for director who promoted tax avoidance scheme costing HMRC more than £2.5m, GOV.UK, 31 October 2024
Bury director jailed after failing to produce accounts for company which owed more than £200,000 in tax, GOV.UK, 22 October 2024
Eight-year ban for director of home improvements firm which failed to complete more than £300,000 of building work, GOV.UK, 21 October 2024
Indian restaurant director exploited £50k Covid loan, The Oldham Times, 18 October 2024
‘I lost £165k to fraud in an hour’ – customers say they were let down by Revolut, BBC News, 14 October 2024
Sanjeev Gupta prosecuted for failing to file accounts for more than 70 companies, The Guardian, 10 October 2024
Strictly star Adam Thomas’ restaurant under investigation after failed business goes bust with £300k bills, The Sun, 07 October 2024
SFO recovers further £295,000 from convicted fraudster’s hidden pensions, Serious Fraud Office, 05 October 2024
Naomi Campbell among trustees disqualified after serious mismanagement at charity, UK Fundraising, 27 September 2024
Regulator disqualifies trustees after finding serious mismanagement at Fashion for Relief, GOV.UK, 26 September 2024
Woman jailed over £118,000 property scam, Hertfordshire Constabulary, 26 September 2024
Man jailed for fraudulently receiving a £50,000 COVID bounce-back loan to help pay back historic £72 million fraud court order, City of London Police, 23 September 2024
Ex-employee jailed after defrauding National Trust out of more than £1 million, Crown Prosecution Service, 20 September 2024
Court shuts down two connected companies which received more than £1 million in fraudulent Covid loan, GOV.UK, 13 September 2024
SFO seizes 12 suspected luxury watches linked to care home investigation, Serious Fraud Office, 03 September 2024
Maximum ban for director who falsely applied to councils for business grants, GOV.UK, 03 September 2024
Website operators promised fraudsters profit within minutes if they subscribed to illegal service, National Crime Agency, 30 August 2024
Error and fraud in business tax schemes cost £4.1bn, BBC News, 04 August 2024
UK authorities shut down scammer platform behind global fraud, Reuters, 02 August 2024
Brothers sentenced for offshore tax scam, HMRC News, 18 July 2024
Cheshire Police arrest man in Scotland on suspicion of hacking Cheshire charity, Cheshire Constabulary, 17 July 2024
£1.2m cash and £350,000 assets seized as organised crime group dismantled, National Crime Agency, 16 July 2024
Woman who lied to get nursing job guilty of fraud, BBC News
Police investigating fraud claims at animal welfare charity, Civil Society, 11 July 2024
Jail for £1m lavish lifestyle council fraudster, BBC News, 05 July 2024
US woman who posed as Irish heiress extradited to UK to face fraud charges, The Guardian, 02 July 2024
London con artist sentenced over $13m wine and whiskey investment scam, the Independent, 27 June 2024
Salesman jailed for £3m university cleaning products fraud. BBC News, 24 June 2024
Trio sentenced after hundreds ripped off in fraud, BBC News, 14 june 2024
Holiday fraudster sentenced to 18 months in prison, Northamptonshire Police, 11 June 2024
Sheffield man sentenced after spending fraudulent Covid loan for non-existent business on BMW, GOV.UK, 21 May 2024
Leicester rag trade fraudsters jailed, HMRC News, 19 May 2024
UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam, The Guardian, 17 May 2024
Fruit and veg retailer disqualified as company director and ordered to pay compensation after investing Covid loan on stock market, GOV.UK, 16 May 2024
London builder disqualified for abusing Covid loan scheme, BBC News, 10 May 2024
Two men jailed for international cryptocurrency fraud, Wiltshire Police, 08 May 2024
Solicitor jailed for selling fraudulent immigration advice, GOV.UK, 03 May 2024
Fusion Lifestyle chased over more than £357,000 in unpaid fees and bills after end of its contract to run Bedford’s leisure centres, Bedford Today, 29 April 2024
Cumbria property and construction businessman jailed for fraud and breaching director ban, GOV.UK, 26 April 2024
Tamworth women jailed after defrauding £634,000 from the beneficiaries of wills, Crown Prosecution Service, 25 April 2024
Sixteen sentenced for £2 million car finance fraud, Hertfordshire Constabulary, 22 April 2024
Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud, BBC News, 18 April 2024
IT consultant given 13-year directorship ban after concealing Covid loan, GOV.UK, 18 April 2024
UK arrest in €645 million international investment scam, National Crime Agency, 12 April 2024
Fraudsters behind £53.9 million benefits scam brought to justice in country’s largest benefit fraud case, GOV.UK, 10 April 2024
Universal Credit: Gang guilty of large £53.9m benefit fraud, BBC News, 10 April 2024
Criminal sentenced after stealing £867,000 from luxury hotel, UK Finance, 28 March 2024
Birmingham boss inflated firm’s assets to fraudulently buy goods, BBC News, 26 March 2024
Operation Henhouse: over 400 arrests and £19m seized in national campaign tackling fraud, National Crime Agency, 26 March 2024
Man who used different identities to make £75,000 worth of fraudulent travel insurance claims sentenced, City of London Police, 21 March 2024
Specialist CPS team involved in UK’s largest Bitcoin seizure, Crown Prosecution Service, 20 March 2024
Organised Crime Group who defrauded major phone companies out of over £400k have been jailed for a combined total of 11 years, Hampshire Police, 12 march 2024
Three arrested in £76m luxury care home fraud investigation, The Guardian, 12 March 2024
UK Insolvency Service seeks up to 15-year director ban for Lex Greensill, The Guardian, 07 March 2024
Sunderland school to receive £75,000 after employee’s fraud, BBC News, 29 February 2024
Director of ‘Ponzi-like’ scheme at Qualia Care is banned, The Sunday Times, 26 February 2024
Care worker found guilty of fraud and ordered to pay over £45,000, Barking & Dagenham, 23 February 2024
Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton could face bankruptcy over £1.2million tax bill after he was axed from the Channel 4 reality show, Dailymail, 23 February 2024
County Council Trading Standards welcomes successful prosecution of fraudulent roofing trader, Hampshire County Council, 22 February 2024
Four arrested in Signature Group ‘£140m property fraud’ probe, BBC News, 21 February 2024
Academics win claim against Oxford University over ‘sham contracts’, The Guardian, 21 February 2024
Civil case over £237m collapse of London Capital & Finance opens, The Law Gazette, 19 February 2024
Mastermind of £12m boiler room fraud, who had his Rolls Royce Wraith and 84 gold bars seized by police, jailed for five years, City of London Police, 09 February 2024
Town business manager jailed for £60k Covid grant fraud, BBC News, 09 February 2024
Three more people questioned over alleged Bristol Waste fraud, BBC News, 09 February 2024
Disqualified demolition director loses High Court bid to stay in role, GOV.UK, 08 february 2024
Serial romance fraudster jailed after defrauding more than £300,000 from four women, Cheshire Constabulary, 06 February 2024
Leicester conman jailed over £320,000 franchise licence fraud, BBC News, 02 February 2024
Amanda Staveley launches new legal assault on Barclays, Yahoo Finance, 27 January 2024
David Cameron’s activities at Greensill a ‘matter of interest’ in wider fraud inquiry, The Guardian, 27 January 2024
Michelle Mone has £75m of assets frozen as NCA investigates fraud, The Guardian, 26 January 2024
Atherstone social club members devastated after £400k fraud, BBC News, 26 January 2024
Billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading, BBC News, 25 January 2024
Couple sentenced for romance fraud and laundering criminal cash, National Crime Agency, 24 August 2023
Fraud gang stole £1m using Suits and The Riot Club aliases, The Standard, 23 January 2024
Investment fraud gang that used aliases from films and TV shows to defraud victims of over £1m jailed for five years, City of London Police, 22 January 2024
HMRC has not charged a single company over tax evasion under landmark legislation, The Guardian, 20 January 2024
UK banks prepare for deepfake fraud wave, Financial Times, 19 January 2024
Serious Fraud Office charges two company directors over £88m car lease scheme, Serious Fraud Office, 19 January 2024
Fraudster Isle of Man car dealer jailed for £860k scams, BBC News, 19 January 2024
Education charity receives Official Warning from regulator, GOV.UK, 19 January 2024
Organised crime may be profiting from student loan fraud worth £60m, The Guardian, 18 January 2024
Thousands are being targeted by harsh HMRC tax-collecting scheme linked to 10 suicides, Sky News 18 January 2024
More than a third of Facebook Marketplace ads could be scams – with customers losing up to £60m in 2023, study finds, Sky News, 18 January 2024
Baseball legend Jim Palmer and his wife sue British hair stylist for ‘defrauding them out of $1MILLION after building trust with the couple by befriending their autistic stepson’, Dailymail 18 January 2024
Ed Sheeran and Little Mix fans ‘targeted in £6.5m ticket fraud’, BBC News 17 January 2024
Conman Mark Acklom challenges court bid to seize his assets after romance scam, Sky News 15 January 2024
‘It’s demoralising,’ says Co-op customer whose £100k life savings vanished after call – bank said CLEANING was to blame, The Sun, 15 January 2024
Fraud warning over cryptocurrency investment app, BBC News, 12 January 2024
Suspected £460k fraud at Age UK Gloucestershire, BBC News,10 January 2024
Islanders lose £138,000 to bank scam messages, BBC News,10 January 2024
Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned, The Independent 10 January 2024
Airbnb, eBay, Vinted and other apps to share more information with HMRC,BBC News 09 January 2024
Post Office under criminal investigation for potential fraud over Horizon scandal, The Guardian 05 Jan 2024
Former Lincoln accountant who fleeced £763,000 from clients jailed, Lincolnshire Police News,22 December 2023
Fraud gang jailed after stealing charity donations in organised scam, Crown Prosecution Service,21 December 2023
Builder who cheated client jailed for four years, The Construction Index18 December 2023
Nottinghamshire woman loses £35,000 to courier fraudsters, BBC News 17 December 2023
Care worker job scam charging migrants thousands of pounds, Sky News15 December 2023
SFO secures second conviction of solar panel fraudster, Serious Fraud Office, 14 December 2023
Insurance worker jailed for stealing and selling on customer data, City of London Police12 December 2023
Tory peer Michelle Mone ‘regrets’ denying links with PPE firm, BBC News 10 December 2023
SFO launches criminal investigation into global aviation supplier with dawn raid in London, Serious Fraud Office, 06 December 2023
AOG Technics: UK fraud body makes arrest in aircraft parts probe, BBC News,06 December 2023
UK to launch an Online Fraud Charter with 11 major tech companies including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, Sky News 30 November 2023
SFO recovers £250,000 tennis club debenture from convicted fraudster, Serious Fraud Office 24 November 2023
Southampton car dealer jailed for two years, Gov.uk, 23 November 2023
‘Harmless’ fraud soars in UK amid cost of living crisis, The Guardian, 19 November 2023
Thornaby: Woman targeted in £13k railway station QR code scam, BBC News,18 November 2023
Criminal sentenced following over £2 million mandate fraud case, UK Finance, 07 November 2023
Rishi Sunak accused of a ‘major breach of trust’ after scrapping mental health reforms, Sky News07 November 2023
Trading while Insolvent: What are the Legal Consequences Directors can Face?,Lawyer Monthly, 30 October 2023
Seven sentenced for their involvement in alleged £770k benefit fraud, Gov UK, 27 October 2023
UK consumers lose £580m to fraudsters in first half of 2023, figures reveal, The Guardian, 25 October 2023
A benefits swindler who claimed money under two identities has been sentenced, Merseyside Police,24 October 2023
Two men sentenced to combined 14 years in prison for fraud Merseyside Police,20 October 2023
Survivors complain after breaches of confidentiality over C of E safeguarding data, Church Times,13 October 2023
Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences launched, GOV.UK,12 October 2023
‘I lost £240,000’, The Guardian, 07 October 2023
“Momentous” Supreme Court decision on directors’ duties in respect of creditors’ interests, Essex Court Chambers,05 October 2022
Former CEO of Carillion disqualified, GOV.UK, 04 October 2023
Man jailed after defrauding charity of £200,000, Civil Society 26 September 2023
UK taxpayers left footing bill as number of fraudulent Covid loans soars, 14 September 2023
Conman sentenced to 5 years for botched extensions, Nottinghamshire County Council,14 September 2023
Four charged with fraud over collapse of Patisserie Valerie chain, The Guardian, 13 September 2023
Builder forced to repay £50k for fraudulent Covid loan, Construction News, 04 September 2023
Director who illegally took out a Bounce Back Loan jailed for eight months, GOV.UK, 30 August 2023
Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers faces fraud charge, The Financial Times, 25 August 2023
Woman who defrauded charity and fled to Turkey is brought back to UK for sentence, Cheshire Police News,24 August 2023
London criminal gang sentenced for £130,000 scam, UK Finance, 23 August 2023
Three firms guilty of fraud which cost Royal Mail at least £70m over a decade, The Independent 22 August 2023
UK savers lose £17bn to scams, FT Advisor,14 August 2023
£410million DWP cost of living payments were paid out in error due to fraud, Mirror, 14 August 2023
Former Halifax footballer jailed for 27 months for illegally acting as a company director, GOV.UK, 11 August 2023
High Court orders contractor to pay Home Group £6.5m over contract breach, Housing Today, 01 August 2023
Government likely to lose millions in dispute over PPE contract awarded via ‘VIP lane’, The Guardian, 26 July 2023
Cryptocurrency scam warning after £150k handed over to fraudsters, BBC Nwes, 21 July 2023
Rogue trader handed sentence after “unacceptable” conduct left victim out of pocket, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council,19 July 2023
Second Carillion director disqualified, GOV.UK,14 July 2023
Former director of Carillion banned for 11 years, GOV.UK, 03 July 2023
Hipgnosis chief sued by former company after collapse, The Telegraph, 01 July 2023
Driving test fraudsters advertising services online, BBC News, 28 June 2023
Solicitor dismissed after two weeks wins contract breach claim, The Law Society Gazette,19 June 2023
Co. Tyrone Directors disqualified, Department for the Economy, 26 May 2023
Prison sentence for woman who scammed elderly victims out of thousands of pounds, North Yorkshire Police, 26 May 2023
Demolition company director disqualified for 7 years for bid rigging and compensation payments, GOV.UK, 25 May 2023
UK forex boss convicted after masterminding multimillion pound ‘Ponzi-style’ scheme, The Financial Times, 22 May 2023
‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal, The Guardian, 12 May 2023
Warning UK losing £2,300 per minute to fraud, BBC News,11 May 2023
Social media firms should reimburse online fraud victims, say UK bankers, The Guardian,11 May 2023
Fraudster pleads guilty to £100m iSpoof scam, BBC News, 20 April 2023
Tough action taken against company directors for COVID-19 financial abuse, GOV.UK, 18 April 2023
On the hunt for the businessmen behind a billion-dollar scam, BBC News, 12 April 2023
Scammed out of money and tricked into fake work – the recruitment cons costing jobseekers thousands, Sky News, 02 April 2022
City of London Police urge vigilance against Hajj-related fraud as UK Muslim pilgrims plan for Hajj 2023, City of London Police, 29 March 2023
Nottingham: Two people arrested in Ponzi investment scam probe, BBC News, 27 March 2023
£60m fines and director bans for contractors after demolition bid-rigging probe, Construction News, 23 March 2023
SFO secures over $7 million from convicted Brazilian money launderer, Serious Fraud Office,17 March 2023
Teacher who was promised ‘misleading’ 10 per cent pay rise was victim of breach of contract and unfair dismissal, tribunal rules, People Management,17 March 2023
22 years of bans for two separate company directors who dissolved their businesses to take covid loan scheme money, GOV.UK, 06 March 2023
PPE Medpro fights back against UK government claim of contract breach, The Financial Times, 23 February 2023
Fake doctor who worked in NHS for 20 years found guilty of fraud, The Guardian, 15 February 2023
County Londonderry director agrees to disqualification, Department for the Economy, 14 February 2023
“He’s an evil, manipulative man” – victim speaks after fraudster gets 12 years, Essex Police, 14 February 2023
Bristol man loses £8,000 in banking app scam, BBC News, 9 February 2023
Jared O’Mara: Former MP jailed over £52,000 fraud to pay drug debt, BBC News, 9 February 2023
Serious Fraud Office secures three convictions in $500 million trade finance fraud, Serious Fraud Office, 02 February 2023
Two men jailed for life over £4.6m London property fraud murder, The Guardian, 1 February 2023
Dodgy car dealers arrested on fraud and money laundering charges after police raid showroom, Car Dealer Magazine, 31 January 2023
‘Everything is fake’: how global crime gangs are using UK shell companies in multi-million pound crypto scams, The Guardian, 29 January 2022
Mobile phone fraud: ‘They stole £22,500 using my banking app’, BBC News 27 January 2023
Three company directors banned for a total of 30 years for abusing Bounce Back Loans, GOV.UK, 26 January 2023
Martin & Co agency owner jailed for fraud offences, The Negotiator, 17 January 2023
Tech bosses could face jail after Tory MPs revolt on bill, BBC News, 17 January 2023
Unite employee under investigation over alleged bribery and fraud, The Guardian, 13 January 2023
Nearly £1bn of fraudulent Covid grants made to UK firms ‘unlikely to be recovered’, 05 January 2023
London letting agent hit with 11-year ban after repeat abuse of Bounce Back Loan scheme, GOV.UK, 23 December 2022
Builder accused of fraud ‘didn’t take cash and run’, Eastern Daily Press, 19 December 2022
Heat pump installer guilty of fraudulent trading, Construction Management, 19 December 2022
Workers in Thailand who made F&F jeans for Tesco ‘trapped in effective forced labour’, The Guardian, 18 December 2022
Energy discount phishing: Robbed of £25,000 in text scam, BBC News, 17 December 2022
£300k Dundee fraudster on the run after failing to appear at own trial, The Courier, 16 December 2022
Four jailed over £200,000 pensioner phone scam, BBC News, 12 December 2022
Three directors disqualified after pension mis-selling lost investors millions, GOV.UK, 08 December 2022
‘I had £8,000 stolen but Revolut won’t refund it’, BBC News, 05 December 2022
Crypto fraud jumps by a third in UK, Financial Times, 28 November 2022
Scam attack on Ukrainian mother exposes flaw in UK bank safeguards, The Guardian, 28 November 2022
100 people arrested in UK’s biggest fraud investigation, The Guardian, 24 November 2022
KPMG reaches £5mn settlement over Watchstone audit negligence claim, The Financial Times, 14 November 2022
10-year ban for Plymouth print boss on top of 5-year bankruptcy restrictions, GOV.UK, 09 November 2022
Four men sentenced for £5.4 million gold mine investment fraud, 07 November 2022
Laugharne hotel investment scheme lands director with ban, GOV.UK, 03 November 2022
Directors banned in care home investment scheme, GOV.UK, 02 November 2022
Warning on ‘get rich quick’ schemes as investment fraud soars among young professionals on social media, City of London Police, 17 October 2022
Harlequin resorts boss jailed for 12 years following SFO investigation, Serious Fraud Office, 30 September 2022
UK banks told to reimburse customers tricked by scams, Reuters, 29 September 2022
Online scam exposed – the cars that don’t exist, BBC News, 29 September 2022
Are allegations of greenwashing part of ESG fraud? It depends on whom you ask, Thomson Reuters, 12 September 2022
UK has classified $1.3 bln of COVID ‘bounce back’ loans as suspected fraud -source, 02 September 2022
Man jailed for £75,000 worth of bogus travel insurance claims, City of London Police, 23 August 2022
Ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone pleads not guilty to fraud charge, The Guardian, 22 August 2022
Director banned after each of his four companies wrongly claimed Bounce Back Loans, GOV.UK, 18 August 2022
Bogus companies scam: ‘We never knew our home was on the list’, BBC News, 11 August 2022
Investment manager behind £100 million no-win-no-fee fraud jailed for 14 years, Serious Fraud Office, 11 August 2022
PwC fined nearly £1.8m over BT fraud audit failures, The Guardian, 08 August 2022
Fraudulent Caribbean resorts owner convicted after SFO investigation, Serious Fraud Office, 03 August 2022
UK is card fraud capital of Europe, Social Market Foundation, 03 August 2022
Directors banned for abusing dissolution process, GOV.UK, 29 July 2022
Convicted fraudster found to be in contempt of court, SFO, 29 July 2022
Convicted fraudster jailed for 3 years, Gov UK, 29 July 2022
Insolvency Service puts Greensill bosses on notice over probe, Sky News, 24 July 2022
Rise in insurance fraud fuelled by cost of living crisis, says UK insurer, The Guardian, 21 July 2022
‘Friend in need’ scams costs Whatsapp users £1.5 million, City of London Police, 15 July 2022
Payouts for victims of sweepstake with no winners, BBC News, 19 July 2022
‘Ghost broker’ who profited over £50k through hundreds of bogus insurance policies sentenced, City of London Police, 08 July 2022
10 year ban for director of online hair and beauty business, GOV.UK, 01 July 2022
UK bank losses from complex scams surge 40%, Reuters, 29 June 2022
UK victims lost £1.3bn in 2021 amid surge in online fraud, new data shows, The Guardian, 29 June 2022
Britain is £3bn fraud capital of the world: Probe reveals 40m Britons have been targeted by scammers this year… but just 2% of our police are investigating the crime plague, Dailymail, 26 June 2022
Prison sentence for man who scammed elderly victims out of nearly half a million pounds, North Yorkshire Police, 09 June 2022
Umbrella payroll company director banned for 8 years, GOV.UK, 07 June 2022
WhatsApp scammers pretend to be daughter to steal money, BBC News, 30 May 2022
Rogue traders convicted for defrauding customers, Gateshead Council, 12 May 2022
Fraudster who pocketed more than £250,000 jailed following joint investigation, Cheshire Constabulary, 11 May 2022
Directors Behaving Badly – How to spot and stop company fraud, IFA Magazine, 04 May 2022
Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel offices targeted in fraud investigation, BBC News, 27 April 2022
Businesses warned to be vigilant when paying bills or switching suppliers as invoice scams make up 55 per cent of money lost to scammers, Barclays News, 26 April 2022
University of Brighton staff member arrested over fraud, BBC News, 21 April 2022
£17 million scrap metal fraudsters jailed, HMRC News, 12 April 2022
Scale of Covid loan fraud leaves UK struggling to reclaim billions lost, The Financial Times, 07 April 2022
Fraudster Paula McGarel banned from running a business, Somerset County Gazette, 07 April 2022
Fake council tenant pleads guilty to fraud, Luton News, 06 April 2022
Three fraudsters convicted for scamming the taxpayer for over £1 million to pay for their lavish lifestyles, Crown Prosecution Service, 25 March 2022
New efficiency drive to cut £5.5 billion of government waste, Government, 21 March 2022
LSER issued with £23.5 million penalty over breach of contract, GOV.UK, 17 March 2022
UK anti-fraud minister attacks ‘Dad’s Army’ Covid loan recovery, Financial Times, 09 March 2022
Fraud – Civil Litigation update, Lexology, 04 March 2022
Bans for directors of sign company who failed to pay £70,000 tax, GOV.UK, 04 March 2022
HMRC seizes NFT for first time in £1.4m fraud case, BBC News, 13 February 2022
‘Alarming’ growth in fraud in the UK as scam adverts dupe victims out of ‘large sums of money’, MPs warn, Sky News, 02 February 2022
Roofer kept ripping off customers AFTER pleading guilty to fraud. Eastern Daily Press, 12 January 2022
Anglesey fraud accused manipulated grieving woman, court told, BBC News, 12 January 2022
Tax cheating barrister jailed for £100,000 VAT fraud. Somerset Live, 12 January 2022
Wife of missing girl’s father charged with welfare fraud, The Independent, 7 January 2022
Man sentenced for fraud and perverting the course of justice, GOV.UK, 16 December 2021
£510 million to crackdown on benefits fraudsters, GOV.UK, 13 December 2021
Bank warns UK fake deliveries scam could cost thousands, The Guardian, 09 December 2021
Covid: Bounce Back Loan fraud checks called inadequate by watchdog, BBC News, 03 December 2021
Fraud: Better chance of compensation for victims, BBC News, 18 November 2021
Celebrities misused in scam ads sign Martin Lewis letter to PM, Sky News, 17 November 2021
Banks wrongly denying fraud victims compensation in up to 8 in 10 cases, Which.co.uk, 11 November 2021
Police officer who feigned injury while taking 10,000 steps a day jailed, The Guardian, 04 November 2021
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini charged with fraud over £1.6m payment, The Mirror, 02 November 2021
Government taskforce to tackle sharp rise in scams during pandemic, The Guardian, 21 October 2021
45 million people targeted by scam calls and texts this summer, The Evening Standard, 20 October 2021
UK journalist wins £80k damages after being hired ‘to smear’ UAE and Egypt critics, The Guardian, 11 October 2021
Fake ads rife on Bing as investment scams jump 84%, Which, 11 October 2021
The Ten Most Common Types of Fraud, The Sun, 10 October 2021
FRC’s changes to fraud auditing standard explained, ICAEW, 07 October 2021
Warning to elderly residents following reports of courier fraud in Lancashire, Lancashire Police News, 07 October 2021
UK clamps down on academic fraud with ‘essay mills’ ban, Financial Times, 06 October 2021
Pandora Papers: Businessman linked to Tory donations made millions from alleged fraud, BBC News, 04 October 2021
Additional 11 year ban for disqualified director, Gov.UK, 04 October 2021
Withers fends off £12m claim in negligence action, Law Gazette, 04 October 2021
Serving policeman jailed in south London for fraud, NewsHopper, 02 October 2021
£950,000 spree of fraudster who intercepted bank cards in the post, Evening Standard, 01 October 2021
Leicestershire cancer charity scammers jailed, BBC News, 01 October 2021
Riskiest payments should be slowed to stop fraud, says Nationwide, BBC News, 27 September 2021
Benefit Fraud, The Mirror, 18 September 2021
Former Eastbourne lettings agent given suspended prison sentence for fraud, The Herald, 15 September 2021
Fraud warning for young, BBC News, 11 September 2021
Former MP Jared O’Mara charged with seven counts of fraud, The Guardian, 19 August 2021
Port Erin woman sentenced for £54,000 benefit fraud, BBC News, 09 August 2021
Darkknight Ventures LLC and co-plaintiffs awarded nearly £2m in damages and costs following investment fraud ruling, PR News Wire, 09 August 2021
How a Cotswolds fraudster stole thousands by claiming links to Princess Anne and more, Oxford Mail, 31 July 2021
Leicester woman sentenced after stealing pensioner’s life savings, Gov.UK, 28 June 2021
Fraud Unravels Everything – BVI Courts Fighting White Collar Crime, Mondaq, 25 June 2021
‘Hermes’ delivery text scam: Man arrested in Manchester, St Helens Star, 18 June 2021
Law report: Approach to calculating damages for fraudulent misrepresentation, The Times, 10 June 2021
“Abusive” claim against lawyers in Jarndyce-style litigation struck out, Legal Futures, 25 May 2021
Bankrupt sentenced for fraud after taking £26,000 in credit, GOV.UK, 24 May 2021
Firm avoids negligence penalty following out-of-time ruling, Law Gazette, 19 May 2021
UK: The Fraud Exception And Admissibility Of “Without Prejudice” Statements, Mondaq, 18 May 2021
Carlisle man, 25, admits £34,000 fraud – Crown Court hears, 13 May 2021
Fraudster avoids jail after scamming airlines including British Airways with fake insurance claims, Mail Online, 26 April 2021
This week in tax: General Electric wins battle with HMRC, International Tax Review, 16 April 2021
Solicitor struck off for “sophisticated” Land Registry fraud, Legal Futures, 16 April 2021
Accountant jailed over ‘industrial scale dishonesty’ to fund lavish lifestyle, Evening Standard, 15 April 2021
Elderly aunt left devastated after niece fleeced £122,000 out of her bank accounts, Northern Echo, 13 April 2021
Derbyshire woman charged with fraud offence, Derbyshire Times, 12 April 2021
Petro Union, CBN, UBN £2.5bn Case to Resume Tomorrow at S’Court, This Day, 12 April 2021
Clydesdale Bank Beats Fraud Lawsuit Over Property Valuation, Law 360, 09 April 2021
Suspended sentence for Winsford joiner who scammed customers, The Guardian, 07 April 2021
Nunthorpe councillor Jon Rathmell admits misconduct in public office, BBC News, 1 April 2021
Health Care Enforcement Update: Covid-19 Fraud Cases Brought By DOJ And Private Plaintiffs, National Law Review, 31 March 2021
Fraudsters conned car insurance companies out of thousands using stolen identities, Manchester Evening News, 27 March 2021
Vatican ‘misrepresentations’ condemned in court defeat over London property case, Reuters, 26 March 2021
FDIC Told To Beef Up Libor-Rigging Case Against UK Banks, Law360, 18 March 2021
Football Index ‘traders’ flock to solicitors in a desperate attempt to recoup losses, Daily Mail, 18 March 2021
Wife who faked husband’s death for £400k payout walks free from court, The Express, 15 March 2021
Test for fraudulent misrepresentation further clarified in LIBOR case, Pinsent Masons, 15 March 2021
London retrial for dismissed hacking claim naming City firm, Law Society Gazette, 15 March 2021
Businesswoman’s court fight with Barclays generated £50m legal bills, judge told, Evening Standard, 11 March 2021
Amanda Staveley loses high court action against Barclays, The Guardian, 26 February 2021
Barclays defeats Leeds and Sheffield councils’ legal bid to cancel ‘tainted’ loans worth £143m, Leeds Live 26 February 2021
Top UK finance litigation and contract law developments from 2020, JD Supra, 15 February 2021
Bank wins freezing order against NMC Health owners and executives, Financial Times, 14 February 2021
Fraudsters who tried to cheat their way to easy money – but came crashing down, Birmingham Mail, 13 February 2021
When Is A Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim Discoverable?, Montaq, 08 February 2021
Manipulative Boyfriend Stole £25,000 From My Sister, The Telegraph, 29 January 2021
Investors Sue Advisers Over £4.2M Missing Loan Notes, Law 360, 29 January 2021
Subway is sued after tuna sandwiches are ‘revealed to be anything but tuna’ and ‘don’t even contain FISH’, Daily Mail, 28 January 2021
Norfolk MP denies breaking ministerial code by working for PPE firm, Eastern Daily Press, 27 January 2021
Jarrow carer stole more than £13,000 from three vulnerable care home residents, Chronicle Live, 27 January 2021
Predictions For Future PPP Fraud Prosecution By DOJ, Law 360, 15 January 2021
Covid-19 Man arrested at Luton Airport over fake test certificates, BBC News, 22 January 2021
Supreme Court makes final decision on business interruption insurance in landmark case, National Law Review, 20 January 2021
Tax issues for UK businesses in 2021, Pinsent Masons, 19 January 2021
Man charged with five offences around fake COVID-19 vaccine, Crown Prosecution Service.com, 15 January 2021
Food Fraud is Frequent, but Help Flourishes, Packworld, 07 January 2021
Tribunal clears solicitor but refuses to order costs against SRA, Legal Futures, 06 January 2021
AA faces potential £44m Motoriety court claim, Yahoo Finance, 02 January 2021