Financial

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has shut down an investigation into the rigging of Libor.

https://www.cityam.com/serious-fraud-office-shut-down-libor-rigging-investigation/

Born in 1846 in Stafford near Birmingham, Wright became a preacher before moving to Canada in 1870 and spending two decades promoting American mining companies. Facing multiple shareholder lawsuits, he returned home in 1889. In 1894 he set up the London and Globe Company, which focused on acquiring mines and shares in various mining companies. Touting the companies boosted their shares, allowing him to sell at a profit. He earned enough to be able to spend £250,000 (£28.4m in 2018) on buying Lea Park (now Witley Park) in Surrey in 1896, followed by an estimated £1.15m (£130.7m) on renovating it.

https://moneyweek.com/516344/great-frauds-in-history-james-whitaker-wright/#.XatztZUFnLY.twitter

An online gambling operator will pay £322,000 for money laundering failures.

LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-PrivatBank owner Ihor Kolomoisky maintained there was no fraud or loss caused to the lender after the bank won an appeal in a London court on Tuesday, allowing it to pursue claims worth billions of dollars against Kolomoisky and another former PrivatBank owner, Gennadiy Bogolyubov.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ukraine-privatbank-owner/former-privatbank-owner-says-no-fraud-after-defeat-in-london-court-appeal-idUKKBN1WU21O

Seven of the founding members of the Libra Association, Facebook's non-profit governing council for its planned cryptocurrency, have jumped ship amid increasing scrutiny by U.S. and European regulators.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3446025/can-facebooks-libra-cryptocurrency-survive-the-exodus.html

The Insolvency Service has wound up two businesses it claims are behind fraudulent investment schemes in the art market that cost investors £1m.

https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2019/10/14/companies-wound-up-in-1m-art-investment-fraud/

People who are defrauded of their cryptoassets, have them stolen by hackers, or are the victim of more 'traditional' fraud the proceeds of which are then laundered through cryptocurrency exchanges, are less likely to be able to recover their losses if cryptoassets are not considered to be 'property'.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/analysis/cryptoasset-fraud-recovery-hinges-on-questions-of-property

The alleged incidents relate to attempts to use the book to withdraw savings from two city branches.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/nottingham-man-charged-with-building-society-frauds/

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued an update regarding the responsibilities of regulated firms under a no deal Brexit.

Which? and UK Finance have urged Pay.UK to approve a plan that would ensure bank transfer fraud victims get their money back if they are not at fault.