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The Government is in “dialogue” with the funeral industry as police investigate an alleged scandal at a business in Hull, the Prime Minister has said.
Legacy Independent Funeral Directors is the subject of an investigation after officers recovered 35 bodies and suspected human ashes from the Hull-based firm.
Officers cordoned off three of the company’s sites after the force received a report last week of concerns about the “storage and management processes relating to care of the deceased”.
LONDON (AP) — Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman were arrested Sunday on suspicion of fraud and preventing a lawful burial, police said.
Humberside Police announced the developments after five days of investigation at three branches of Legacy Funeral Directors in Hull and East Yorkshire.
Mike Lynch, the former boss of software firm Autonomy, has settled his lawsuit with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), days before the parties were due in court.
Lynch filed a data lawsuit against the UK’s fraud agency at the end of January, ahead of his criminal trial in the US.
According to his claim form seen by City A.M., he filed a data protection claim seeking access to personal data which may provide a complete defence for him in the US.
A council worker has narrowly avoided prison after claiming more than £10,000 in sick pay while secretly working a second job.
Samantha Harris was a youth support practitioner at Suffolk County Council when she dishonestly claimed the five-figure sick pay sum between December 2022 and May 2023, magistrates heard.
Seven alleged victims from Solihull, Bedworth, Stratford, Leamington, Kenilworth and Banbury contacted police.
A suspected scam builder has been arrested amid alleged £270,000 worth of fraud. Warwickshire Police says that a 66-year-old man from the Stratford area, who has not been identified, is in custody.
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/suspected-scam-builder-arrested-amid-28719699
A man has admitted defrauding his former employer out of more than £300,000.
Daniel Robinson entered a guilty plea to fraud by abuse of his position at the pharmaceuticals company Almac when he appeared at Craigavon Crown Court last Tuesday.
According to legal documents, the 26-year-old, from Castle Rise in Tandragee, committed the offence on a date between January 1, 2020, and May 26, 2022.
Builder admits two counts of fraud.
Stephen Spurling is being prosecuted by Dudley Council under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulation act 2008.
He admitted two counts of fraud when he appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court, sitting at Park Hall, today - one of false representation and another over a payment by a customer.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has released an update on its investigation into property developer the Signature Group.
Last week the agency announced it had raided three residences in Merseyside and Greater Manchester in connection with a suspected £140m fraud involving 1,000 investors linked to the company.
Former detectives have been brought in to investigate the role of the fraud squad, described as the “untouchables”, who interrogated and prosecuted hundreds of sub-postmasters during the Horizon scandal.
A team led by Gary Brooks, a former head of major crime at Lancashire Constabulary, has begun interviewing some of those who allege they were bullied and intimidated by Post Office investigators.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/post-office-hires-ex-police-detectives-to-review-role-of-untouchable-investigators/ar-BB1iRmd3?ocid=socialshare
Four people have been arrested as part of a £140m fraud investigation into hotel and property developer the Signature Group.
Three residences in Merseyside and Greater Manchester were raided by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Wednesday.
https://www.thecaterer.com/news/signature-group-fraud-arrests-hotel-investigation
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