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  • 19 Oct 2023 1:04 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers has appeared in court accused of a £196,000 fraud by abusing his position.

    Flowers, 73, made his first court appearance after two earlier hearings were aborted when his lawyers told the court he had recently suffered a stroke and could not attend.

    https://www.cityam.com/former-co-op-bank-boss-appears-in-court-accused-of-196000-fraud-1/


  • 05 Oct 2023 10:49 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A corrupt NatWest employee who helped a gang of fraudsters steal more than £1mn from wealthy bank customers was jailed for five and a half years.

    Said Hussain, 34, accessed 30 overseas victims' accounts and passed their details to members of an organised crime group while based at the East Ham branch in east London.

    https://www.ftadviser.com/regulation/2023/10/02/natwest-employee-jailed-over-1mn-theft-from-customers/


  • 05 Oct 2023 10:42 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    With the fines for employing illegal workers in the UK tripling, employment screening and identity expert, Sterling, has urged firms to ensure they have robust vetting and screening in place, no matter what sector they operate in.

    https://londonlovesbusiness.com/fines-to-increase-for-employers-without-robust-employment-screening/

  • 29 Sep 2023 11:03 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Car dealer Pendragon is currently facing a £260m lawsuit in the High Court.

    The lawsuit alleges that one of Pendragon’s subsidiaries engaged in fraud and contract breaches by directly selling new software to dealerships in Asia and the Pacific, a product that they were supposed to market through an agreement with Pinewood AP Ltd, a marketing company.

    https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands/news/2076324-260m-lawsuit-as-pendragon-are-accused-of-fraud-over-software-business


  • 29 Sep 2023 10:51 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    As the pandemic’s aftershocks reverberate through the financial ecosystem, insolvency law specialists are bracing for an overwhelming influx of fraud-based legal cases.

    The pandemic required the government to provide fast and extensive support to keep businesses and individuals afloat. However, when schemes are created and implemented at such a pace, they may not be completely airtight from exploitative or fraudulent behaviour.

    https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/covid-fraud-aftershocks-continue-to-reverberate-alan-munro-4345131

  • 24 Sep 2023 11:18 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    An HMRC employee has been convicted of claiming her children were disabled and submitting false tax credits to fraudulently steal over £238,000 from her employer.

    The hearing, which took place at Newcastle Crown Court, found that Tracy Ashbridge had abused her job as an HMRC employee, working in the area of child tax credit claims, to fraudulently claim large sums of money.

    https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2023-09-20-hmrc-worker-fakes-child-disability-to-extract-money-is-employee-fraud-rising


  • 24 Sep 2023 11:15 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Detectives from Dorset Police’s Economic Crime Unit are carrying out a fraud investigation relating to a property management firm in the BCP area.

    Dorset Police has received a number of reports relating to Poole based Initiative Property Management Limited, which mainly operates in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole areas.

    https://dorseteye.com/police-launch-fraud-investigation-into-poole-based-property-management-company-across-bcp-area/


  • 15 Sep 2023 12:28 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today brought fraud charges against four individuals, including a former director, who oversaw the financial failure of a chain of almost 200 high street bakeries.

    The SFO has charged former director and Chief Financial Officer of Patisserie Holdings Plc for 12 years, Christopher Marsh, and his wife, accountant Louise Marsh, as well as Financial Controller Pritesh Mistry and financial consultant Nileshkumar Lad. All four suspects were served with charges at their homes.

    https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/09/13/sfo-charges-four-individuals-behind-patisserie-valerie-collapse/


  • 15 Sep 2023 12:22 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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

  • 01 Sep 2023 2:25 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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/

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