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Anti-fraud police boasted of seizing a record £30million from scammer only to hand it back.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/anti-fraud-police-boasted-of-seizing-record-%C2%A330m-from-scammer-but-told-to-hand-it-back/ar-AA16EDOp
Senior Conservatives are pushing for tougher laws to combat fraud and money laundering in what could be another challenge from the Government’s backbenches.
https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/national/23266590.senior-tories-push-tougher-laws-fraud-money-laundering/?ref=twtrec
A fraudster has been sentenced to a further four years in jail after failing to pay a confiscation order made against him.
https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2023/01/17/investment-fraudster-receives-four-more-years-in-jail/
This week’s episode of the Double Jeopardy podcast features Clare Montgomery KC discussing why fraud pays.
Listen to the full episode now
Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-17-clare-montgomery-kc-getting-away-with-fraud/id1633485236?i=1000589846682
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fr0M9n3iwjmoJDpY9v5t4?si=llzDJrOuRIuqoqz5IwKUng&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2UHeEzfqVL97EEayNdgRRa
A cowboy roofer will have to produce £100,000 from his secret stash within four weeks of his release to prison – or face a return behind bars.
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/cowboy-roofer-hand-over-100-092400840.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEeakPy27U1KFa8YGb4vG1NfJXXZl1Z5yvC06QV5UA6_DltFN4rtXcZR0kIGTsrJe2IiGIqnM83PVToZIaYZJEbFNfiCfkBQp_P-COwUOCM1Vddff4ZnCWqLZcUMLFJn7e3sYViddsdu7vKX9VQ917Icgyomv9bcFiq2zgdDIcZk
The Law Commission’s Annual Report 2021-22 has been published.
https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/annual-report-2021-2-published/
A judge in England and Wales has granted a cryptocurrency exchange a court order requiring six other cryptocurrency exchanges to share information which could help it identify alleged fraudsters.
https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/court-backs-cryptocurrency-exchange-bid-to-trace-alleged-fraudsters
Britain’s register of companies was reformed in 2011 to allow incorporations within 24 hours for £12. Now the number of firms on its books has soared – and so have the complaints
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/03/crisis-uk-companies-house-fake-directors-fraud?CMP=share_btn_tw
When I last wrote in February about the rise in rampant fraud, the fraud minister had just resigned, fraud made up over 40 per cent of crime against individuals, and the Ukraine crisis was being exploited by malicious fraudsters to con victims. Little has changed.
https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/tech-companies-failing-to-tackle-fraud-should-face-penalties
Government using six-year-old data while crime goes largely unchallenged, says National Audit Office
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/15/home-offices-out-of-date-grasp-of-highlighted-by-watchdog?CMP=share_btn_tw
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