Law and the Justice System

Four greedy Black Country fraudsters who ran swanky Indian restaurants have been ordered to pay back more than £600,000 from a fraud that saw them hide sales to evade tax.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/2021/10/25/greedy-restaurant-owners-forced-to-pay-600000-in-tips-tax-scam/

In a no holds barred evidence session to both Houses of Parliament, Martin Lewis passionately called for scam ads to be included in the online safety bill. The MoneySavingExpert and Money and Mental Health Policy Institute founder warned that an alarming number of people take their own lives after being scammed and much more needs to be done to protect them.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2021/10/martin-lewis-tells-parliament-it-must-include-online-scams-in-on/

The City of London Police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the private sector have worked together, using specialist powers, to achieve the largest ever proceeds of crime forfeiture in the UK.

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2021/october/international-city-businesses-hand-over-34m-proceeds-of-crime--in-the-uks-largest-account-forfeiture/

Financial fraud and abuse between family members is “overlooked” and requires “more research”, according to an industry report published today (October 11).

https://www.ftadviser.com/your-industry/2021/10/11/former-pfs-chief-warns-financial-fraud-in-families-is-overlooked/

Google has hit out at suggestions fraud committed through paid-for advertisements should be included in the much-debated online safety bill, saying the bill was not “targeted” enough to “efficiently tackle” these types of online scams if they were included.

https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2021/09/23/online-safety-bill-could-not-stop-scam-ads-says-google/

Google and Facebook have suggested fraud does not fit within the Online Safety Bill despite calls for it to be included.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/online-safety-bill-not-suitable-174615526.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

A senior EU lawyer has concluded that the British government was negligent in its failure to tackle customs fraud that allowed criminal gangs to flood European markets with cheap Chinese-made clothes and shoes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/09/uk-negligent-in-failure-to-stop-customs-says-senior-eu-lawyer

Two-thirds of married people who have been a victim of fraud kept it a secret from their spouse, research has found.

https://www.yourmoney.com/household-bills/two-in-three-married-scam-victims-keep-fraud-secret-from-spouse/

The main aim of this Compendium is to provide guidance on directing the jury in Crown Court trials and when sentencing, though it contains some practical suggestions in other areas, for example jury management, which it is hoped will be helpful.

https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/crown-court-compendium-published/

Fewer than four in 10 married people who have experienced fraud told their spouse about it, a survey has found.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/only-37-married-scam-victims-142114353.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr