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The pair from Portsmouth have had their diving qualifications withdrawn following an investigation from the government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE). They made false claims of diving experience that could have jeopardised their own lives and those of other professionals.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/two-portsmouth-offshore-divers-banned-104802187.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

FOUR arrests have made in connection with county grain merchants Alexander Inglis and Son (AIS), which went into administration in 2021.

https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/23756353.four-arrests-made-connection-alleged-fraud/

An 83-year-old woman who operated as an illegal loan shark charged her victims 40% interest and sent them threatening text messages.

A jury at Cardiff Crown Court heard how Tabitha Richardson, from Newport, lent a total of £126,000 without a licence.

The court also heard how the pensioner made threats to "come look for them" when payments were missed.

A TSB fraud worker used his position to defraud the bank of almost £90,000 to fund a gambling and cocaine habit.

Benjamin Hannington, an assistant manager in TSB's fraud operations department, transferred large sums to himself under the guise of them being customer refunds.

The former boss of the Co-operative Bank has been charged with fraud.

Paul Flowers, 73, will appear before Manchester Magistrates Court charged with one count of fraud by abuse of position between June 2016 and October 2017.

An Edinburgh office manager has been jailed for committing £900,000 worth of company fraud.

Emma Hunt obtained more than £900,000 through embezzlement and fraud while she was working as the office manager of an Edinburgh property firm.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23744601.edinburgh-property-company-manager-jailed-fraud-embezzlement/

Two sisters have been jailed for making threats to “finish” a family-run Cumbrian haulage business and hurt a director’s family during a £1.3 million fraud.

Joanne Palmer, 40, and her 38-year-old sibling Stephanie Palmer targeted two English firms based 150 miles apart by bombarding unsuspecting staff members with phone calls.

https://www.itv.com/news/border/2023-08-23/two-sisters-jailed-following-13million-fraud-of-cumbrian-business

A former bank employee and his acccomplice have been sentenced to a combined total of five years and seven months in prison after stealing £130,000 from customer accounts.

Nathan Gilbert, 26, of Enfield, North London, who worked at the unidentified bank in Muswell Hill, was found to have changed bank customers’ account details and fraudulently issued bank passbooks, liaising with Daniel Frank, 46, of East Finchley, North London, to defraud several customers.

Millions of pounds were pocketed in the fraud, which involved the under-declaration of mail that was posted through a network of logistics companies in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.

https://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/national/23740049.three-firms-guilty-fraud-cost-royal-mail-least-70m-decade/

Investigators have put out a new appeal to find a farmer who defrauded creditors out of £765,000 - and has since been spotted on dating sites.

Wayne Parker, from Mildenhall in Suffolk, has been on the run since his conviction last October.