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How a bogus travel agent orchestrated a £2.6m scam can be revealed in detail for the first time.
Lyne Barlow, 39, formerly of Stanley, County Durham, left more than 1,400 customers out of pocket when she failed to book trips between 2019 and 2020.
A company director who deceived clients out of more than £3 million to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed for over 12 years.
Duncan Grant, 54, spent money on holidays, jewellery and luxury rented homes and cars.
Two sisters are facing prison sentences for a £1.5million-plus fraud which saw a terrified north Cumbria company secretary issued with threats that her business would be finished and her children and grandchildren harmed.
https://cumbriacrack.com/2023/06/13/sisters-made-sinister-threats-while-targeting-firms-during-1-5-million-fraud/
Yorkshire-based boss of finance company found guilty of fraud, false accounting and forgery after abusing millions of pounds of investors’ money to buy racehorses and fund other businesses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leeds-finance-boss-sentenced-for-20-million-fraud
A Hampshire car dealer has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for clocking cars.
An investigation by Hampshire Trading Standards officers resulted in Ashley Wilson, 27, of Longfield Avenue, Fareham in Hampshire being sentenced to 45 months imprisonment, at Portsmouth Crown Court.
https://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-news/automotive-news/man-jailed-four-years-2-7-million-mile-clocking-fraud-12-06-2023
LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) - Companies in Britain that commit wrongdoing have "nowhere to hide" and will face "meaningful consequences", a new enforcement co-head of Britain's markets regulator warned on Thursday, as she started setting out her strategy for the first time.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/nowhere-hide-uks-new-fca-enforcement-co-head-warns-finance-industry-2023-06-01/
Racehorse owner John Dance is being investigated over criminal offences of fraud and money laundering as financial investigators revealed on Wednesday they were aware of a potential black hole of more than £80 million in client assets and money associated with his wealth management business.
https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/owner-john-dance-facing-fraud-offences-as-investigators-reveal-potential-80m-black-hole-a4HWQ4N301Ru/
LONDON: Boards of listed companies face tougher hurdles from January 2025 to show investors they have effective safeguards against fraud to ensure accurate financial reports, Britain’s corporate governance watchdog is proposing.
https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2023/05/25/uk-companies-watchdog-proposes-tougher-disclosures-on-internal-controls
A supercar tycoon is alleged to have withheld information from a fraud investigation into a car leasing company which collapsed with debts of £28 million.
https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/national/23549814.supercar-tycoon-denies-withholding-info-fraud-probe-car-leasing-firm/?ref=twtrec
Vinci Construction UK has issued a warning to subcontractors and suppliers who are being targeted by fraudsters posing as representatives of the contractor.
https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2023/05/25/vinci-issues-fraud-alert-to-suppliers/
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