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A British technology tycoon facing extradition to the United States has lost an appeal bid.
https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/national/23471524.tech-tycoon-loses-us-extradition-challenge-autonomy-fraud-case/?ref=twtrec
Business fraud increased by 25% in the year ending March 2022, according to latest ONS statistics, compared with 2020, and the Government believes it is set to increase by another 25%.
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2113478-call-for-businessess-to-work-together-in-face-of-rising-fraud-levels
Fraud charges against a Limavady woman have been amended to accuse her of taking close to £500,000 from a car dealership.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/04/19/news/fraud_charges_against_a_limavady_woman_amended_to_accuse_her_of_swindling_close_to_500_000_from_car_dealership-3221546/
More than 450 company directors have been disqualified in a crackdown on covid fraud claims.
The Insolvency Service announced that 459 of the 932 disqualifications overall for fraud were related to the coronavirus financial support scheme, introduced during the pandemic to help businesses in lockdown.
ID requirements could be introduced in crackdown against scammers.
Founded in 1844, Companies House has long kept the definitive register of UK companies.
The service is run on the principle of good faith, registering new firms without investigation, provided the forms are complete and ‘properly delivered’.
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/getting-companies-house-in-order-the-rise-of-fraud-on-the-uks-company-register-aAWfV5U6IpnD
Latest data has revealed a 65% increase in reported cases of fraud committed by workers against their employers in the West Midlands – putting the region second only to London as an employee fraud hot spot.
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2073424-west-midlands-a-hot-spot-for-employee-fraud
Today at Southwark Crown Court, Nasser Alaghband, the CEO of British steel trading company Balli Steel Plc, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison, while two senior executives received sentences of over three years each.
https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/04/04/sfo-secures-sentences-totalling-over-13-years-for-executives-behind-500m-bank-fraud/
A fraudster who conned bookmakers across the country by taking thousands of pounds from gaming machines has been jailed in Liverpool.
https://www.birkenhead.news/fraudster-jailed-for-conning-bookmakers-across-the-country/
Operation Henhouse included an investigation into a £500k parcel delivery scam at a North Warwickshire depot
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/17-suspects-quizzed-part-huge-26439391?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Data firm WANdisco has suspended trading on the London Stock Exchange today after finding “potentially fraudulent irregularities” in its books that mean it may have overstated its revenues by $15m (£12.6m).
https://www.cityam.com/wandisco-suspends-shares-over-potentially-fraudulent-irregularities/
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