Private Sector

n the last week we have seen the ICO indicate fines for data breaches under GDPR including British Airways at £183M and Marriott Hotels at £100m. Contrast this with Talk Talk in 2016 who after a large breach were fined £400k under the older Data Protection Legislation. Even this they appealed against, remarkable some would say.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/paying-cyber-crime-ethical-gap-chris-greany/

A wood-burning stove installer has been prosecuted for a second time after he falsely claimed he was registered with industry body HETAS (Heating Equipment Testing and Approval).

https://caerphilly.observer/news/978220/stove-installer-prosecuted-for-a-second-time-after-falsely-claiming-he-was-registered-with-industry-body-hetas/

Five people were arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at Patisserie Valerie as the investigation into the café chain's collapse moved up a gear.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/823396/Corporate+Crime/Nicola+Sharp+of+business+crime+solicitors+Rahman+Ravelli+believes+more+arrests+could+follow

As the name suggests, the GCA Toolkit for Small Business is specifically designed for small and medium businesses to reduce the cyber risks they face on a daily basis.

Sushovan Hussain, the former finance chief at UK software company Autonomy, has been granted bail pending appeal of his conviction for wire fraud

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch claimed Hewlett-Packard had ‘destroyed one of the most successful and promising software companies of its time

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2019/06/26/businessman-in-38bn-fraud-case-accuses-tech-giant-of-scapegoating/

Two members of a “callous” puppy farming gang have been jailed for selling dogs they fraudulently claimed were bred in a family environment, when they were actually “sickly and diseased”, with some dying within days of being sold.

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-06-25/members-of-callous-puppy-farming-gang-jailed/

Takeaway apps Deliveroo and Just Eat have said they are working to combat fraud, after customers reported their accounts had been used to buy food they did not order.

Five unnamed people have been arrested in connection with the accounting fraud scandal at Patisserie Valerie which led to the collapse of the cafe chain

Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the Patisserie Valerie chain, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said.