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Bribery and Corruption

Corruption: Ex-MoD official sent to jail for pocketing secret payments

19 Apr 2024 11:22 AM

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Counterfeit and Forgery

Fakes: Royal Mail ‘investigating claims of problems with new barcoded stamps’.

06 Apr 2024 4:31 PM

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Fakes: Shoppers being duped by fake sellers all year round, Nationwide warns

08 Dec 2023 12:25 PM

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Crime and Policing

OCG: Two men arrested in major crackdown on fraud and immigration crime

25 Apr 2024 1:19 PM

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SFO: UK's Serious Fraud Office Sets Out Strategy Amid Rising Tech Threats, Challenges

25 Apr 2024 1:07 PM

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OCG: Five appear in court after elderly man defrauded out of more than £100,000

25 Apr 2024 1:03 PM

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Data

Data Breach: 73 Million AT&T Users' Data Leaked As Hacker Said, 'I Don't Care If They Don't Admit. I'm Just Selling' Auctioned At Starting Price Of $200K

19 Apr 2024 11:28 AM

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Data Protection: Impact of retained EU law reforms on data protection.

24 Mar 2024 12:16 PM

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Data Breach: Manchester United in court action after HR data breach.

24 Mar 2024 12:09 PM

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Data Breach: Insurance worker jailed for stealing and selling on customer data

18 Dec 2023 5:51 PM

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Frauds

Sport Fraud: Criminals and oligarchs in EU’s sights with new bill targeting football fraud

25 Apr 2024 1:14 PM

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ID Fraud: Hertfordshire gang ran £2m car finance fraud to steal Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes

25 Apr 2024 1:05 PM

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Ticket Fraud: Taylor Swift fans given ticket scam warning by bank bosses

25 Apr 2024 1:00 PM

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APP Fraud: APP fraud – Quincecare duty claims against banks replaced by new “retrieval duty” claims

25 Apr 2024 12:58 PM

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Benefit Fraud: DWP to make changes to PIP in order to crack down on benefit fraud

25 Apr 2024 12:50 PM

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Benefit Fraud: Privacy group attacks plan for DWP fraud checks on bank data

25 Apr 2024 12:48 PM

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Law and the Justice System

Private Prosecution: Campaigner Alan Bates proposes private prosecutions over Post Office IT scandal

16 Apr 2024 9:09 AM

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POCA: Explaining the unexplained – why are UWOs so unpopular?

16 Apr 2024 9:05 AM

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Private Sector

Employee: Fraudster jailed | Gambling addict's £186k theft from employer left coworkers jobless

25 Apr 2024 1:17 PM

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Fraud and Error: Cabinet Office signs up Deloitte to help departments tackle fraud

25 Apr 2024 12:32 PM

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Business: Four arrested in Yorkshire waste offences raids.

25 Apr 2024 12:31 PM

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Research, Survey and Statistics

Fraud and Measurement: £16,000 warning issued to everyone with a bank account

25 Apr 2024 1:16 PM

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Charities

Charity Fraud: Man stole more than £300,000 from charity and spent it on holidays and rare vinyl records.

03 Mar 2024 11:05 AM

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Counter-Fraud

Fraud Prevention: What anti-corruption successes can teach us about the failure to prevent fraud offence

25 Apr 2024 1:20 PM

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Fraud Prevention: Building a case for a change: Tackling fraud with AI

25 Apr 2024 12:59 PM

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Fraud Prevention: 'Financial misconduct is a silent epidemic'

25 Apr 2024 12:36 PM

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Social Engineering: Social Engineering Ramps Up with AI Tools.

25 Apr 2024 12:28 PM

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Cybercrime

Phishing: Dozens arrested and thousands of victims contacted after scam site taken offline

25 Apr 2024 12:44 PM

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Cyber Security: Arrests made and thousands of victims contacted after scammer site taken offline

25 Apr 2024 12:34 PM

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Hacking: Campaign backed as hacking victims in the West Midlands are left more than £21,000 out of pocket in a year.

12 Apr 2024 5:22 PM

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Cyber Threats: Cybercrime in Suffolk more than triples new figures show.

12 Apr 2024 5:21 PM

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Hacking: £1.3m lost to email and social media scams, Action Fraud warns.

24 Mar 2024 12:10 PM

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Cyber Security: UK government calls for enhanced cyber security system governance

08 Mar 2024 10:45 AM

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Financial

FCA: FCA launches criminal proceedings over £2.6mn investment fraud

25 Apr 2024 1:06 PM

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Investment Fraud: Fraudsters raking in millions conning people into investing in rare Scots whiskies which don’t exist

25 Apr 2024 12:57 PM

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HMRC

Tax: Siblings made-up movie in £1m tax fraud.

12 Apr 2024 5:25 PM

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Legal Services

Firms: Cyber centre warns legal firms in Scotland being increasingly targeted by hackers

14 Mar 2024 11:52 AM

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Firms: Police investigate collapsed firm McClure Solicitors over allegations of fraud.

17 Feb 2024 1:11 PM

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Public Sector

Political Parties:Tories were told Mark Menzies claims ‘constituted fraud’, says whistleblower

25 Apr 2024 12:46 PM

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Scams

Social Media: How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook

25 Apr 2024 1:21 PM

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Social Media: WhatsApp verification code scams could steal your account

25 Apr 2024 12:51 PM

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Financial: Urgent police warning over devious 'call 999' supermarket scam

04 Apr 2024 10:58 AM

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Online: Online shopping scams top fraud list in North Wales

04 Apr 2024 10:52 AM

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Awareness: Watch Out for Fraudulent Bank Websites, Says Which?

04 Apr 2024 10:43 AM

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