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Law firms and accountants that fail to do enough to prevent fraud are the target of the UK government’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.
https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/new-offence-of-failure-to-prevent-fraud-on-the-horizon
The director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has backed plans for a new ‘failure to prevent’ fraud offence, after government ministers today confirmed the offence would make its way on the statute books.
https://www.cityam.com/serious-fraud-office-osofsky-backs-governments-plan-for-new-failure-to-prevent-fraud-offence/
Anti-fraud police boasted of seizing a record £30million from scammer only to hand it back.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/anti-fraud-police-boasted-of-seizing-record-%C2%A330m-from-scammer-but-told-to-hand-it-back/ar-AA16EDOp
Senior Conservatives are pushing for tougher laws to combat fraud and money laundering in what could be another challenge from the Government’s backbenches.
https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/national/23266590.senior-tories-push-tougher-laws-fraud-money-laundering/?ref=twtrec
A fraudster has been sentenced to a further four years in jail after failing to pay a confiscation order made against him.
https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2023/01/17/investment-fraudster-receives-four-more-years-in-jail/
This week’s episode of the Double Jeopardy podcast features Clare Montgomery KC discussing why fraud pays.
Listen to the full episode now
Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-17-clare-montgomery-kc-getting-away-with-fraud/id1633485236?i=1000589846682
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fr0M9n3iwjmoJDpY9v5t4?si=llzDJrOuRIuqoqz5IwKUng&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2UHeEzfqVL97EEayNdgRRa
A cowboy roofer will have to produce £100,000 from his secret stash within four weeks of his release to prison – or face a return behind bars.
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/cowboy-roofer-hand-over-100-092400840.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEeakPy27U1KFa8YGb4vG1NfJXXZl1Z5yvC06QV5UA6_DltFN4rtXcZR0kIGTsrJe2IiGIqnM83PVToZIaYZJEbFNfiCfkBQp_P-COwUOCM1Vddff4ZnCWqLZcUMLFJn7e3sYViddsdu7vKX9VQ917Icgyomv9bcFiq2zgdDIcZk
The Law Commission’s Annual Report 2021-22 has been published.
https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/annual-report-2021-2-published/
A judge in England and Wales has granted a cryptocurrency exchange a court order requiring six other cryptocurrency exchanges to share information which could help it identify alleged fraudsters.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/court-backs-cryptocurrency-exchange-bid-to-trace-alleged-fraudsters
Britain’s register of companies was reformed in 2011 to allow incorporations within 24 hours for £12. Now the number of firms on its books has soared – and so have the complaints
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/03/crisis-uk-companies-house-fake-directors-fraud?CMP=share_btn_tw
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