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