Financial

Despite its shortcomings, all signs point to the long-term survival of cryptocurrency albeit with significant regulation in free market democracies.

http://acfeinsights.squarespace.com/acfe-insights/2018/1/8/cryptocurrency-in-2018-cautiously-embracing-the-future

HM Treasury has today announced the appointment of Charles Randell CBE as the new Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/charles-randell-appointed-new-chair-fca

That climb was marked by extreme volatility, multiple splits in its network, and naysayers who derided it as a fraud and toy for criminals.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-in-2017-review-2017-12

The High Court has been hearing a £600m claim, brought by over 5000 investors, against Lloyds Bank and five former directors, seeking compensation for huge losses incurred during the financial crisis.

https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2018/01/03/the-short-arm-of-the-law/

A ground-breaking fraud prevention scheme aimed at identifying and protecting potential fraud victims when they visit a bank or building society branch has stopped more than £9 million being passed to criminals in its first year of operation, figures from UK Finance show.

http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/15799141.Ground_breaking_fraud_scheme_stops___9m_being_passed_to_criminals/

Online casino operators are failing to protect problem gamblers or prevent money laundering, the Gambling Commission has warned.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42583990

City of London Police arrested the managing director of HBFS Wealth Management on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud.

https://www.thejc.com/rabbi-arrested-in-fraud-case-hbfs-1.451016

The Financial Conduct Authority started 84 of the probes this year, the most ever in a 12-month period

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-21/u-k-insider-trading-investigations-set-record-as-fca-cleans-up

While fraud is an inherent risk of cryptocurrency, as wallets, exchanges and ICOs all take place with little to no legal or regulatory oversight, it is hacking which presents a far more serious threat for investors because it is so widespread and so difficult for the average person to avoid

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/get-ready-2018-cryptocurrency-crime-wave-2-145635242.html

Scammers raised £1.4 million from hundreds of unwary investors by claiming worthless shares in a health care company would generate stellar returns.

http://www.iexpats.com/boiler-room-scammers-guilty-1-4m-fraud/