Private Sector

A fraudster who stole more than £200,000 from a business in Thanet to live a lavish lifesytyle has been jailed for four years.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-08-01/fraudster-used-companys-money-to-buy-swimming-pool-and-smart-tv

Scottish ministers are facing calls for greater transparency after it was reported a metal tycoon under investigation for fraud paid just £5 towards the acquisition of a Highlands smelting plant – with taxpayers financing the rest of the £330million deal.

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/transparency-demand-over-steel-tycoons-171000959.html

A FINANCE officer is to stand trial over allegations that she scammed a cultural body in Belfast out of more than £36,000, a judge has ordered.

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/07/08/news/finance_officer_to_stand_trial_over_allegations_she_scammed_belfast_cultural_body_out_of_36_000-2766481/?param=ds441rif44T

Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been jailed for embezzling £25,000 from the SNP and a pro-independence group.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61994020

A golf pro is facing "a long prison sentence" after being convicted of fraud at Royal Winchester Golf Club in Hampshire.

https://www.golfmagic.com/golf-news/deceptive-head-golf-pro-uk-golf-club-facing-jail-%C2%A3110k-fraud

The litigation of civil fraud claims is on the rise, with the Commercial Court consistently reporting this as an area of growth over the last three years. In this podcast, Tim Chelmick and Hannah Daly examine recent developments in the case-law concerning allegations of dishonesty against professionals, including insights into how dishonesty is defined, how it is proved, the causes of action it unlocks and the pros and cons of alleging fraud.

https://www.4newsquare.com/podcast/dishonest-professionals-recent-developments/

Almost two thirds of UK firms have been the victim of fraud or economic crime over the past two years, according to research published this week.

https://www.financierworldwide.com/fw-news/2022/6/1/fraud-hits-almost-two-thirds-of-uk-firms-reveals-new-report

An investigation has been launched into the accountancy firm responsible for signing off the accounts for a range of steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s business empire.

https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/20112647.investigation-launched-gupta-accountants/?ref=twtrec

A car trader from Antrim has been convicted of fraud, after selling a "clocked" car to a registered disabled pensioner.

https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2022-04-28/car-trader-fined-over-disabled-pensioner-car-sale-and-misleading-ad

A WEST FIFE funeral director has been charged with obtaining more than £170,000 by fraud.

https://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/20102203.rosyth-funeral-director-charged-170-000-fraud/