Private Sector

The jury in the trial of four former senior Barclays executive accused of fraud for their part in a financial crisis-era emergency fundraising was discharged today.

http://www.cityam.com/275912/jury-discharged-trial-senior-barclays-executives-accused

MPs have urged city regulators to investigate Lloyds Bank executives over an alleged “cover up” of fraud at its HBOS unit in Reading.

JK Rowling‘s former personal assistant has been ordered to repay £18,734 to the Harry Potter author after she was found to have fraudulently used her credit card to buy toiletries and foreign currency.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jk-rowling-apos-ex-pa-232811682.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

Today Carlo Palombo and Colin Bermingham were sentenced to a total of 9 years imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court for manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) at the height of the financial crisis.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/04/01/senior-bankers-sentenced-to-9-years-for-rigging-euribor-rate/

A man has today pleaded guilty to fraud after claiming up to £4.7m worth of European Union and Welsh Government grants.

Mike Lynch mischaracterised revenues from clients including Tottenham Hotspur and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), in order to inflate software sales figures, the High Court heard yesterday

https://economia.icaew.com/news/march-2019/autonomy-trial-lynch-hid-spurs-and-sfo-revenues#.XJ9UnFSYO2Y.twitter

Former Autonomy finance chief Sushovan Hussain was “a numbers guy” without the technological knowledge to carry out alleged fraud at the software firm, a court heard today.

Shares in payment firm Wirecard soared today after a law firm cleared the company’s head office of wrongdoing following allegations of fraud and false accounting.

A firm of rogue builders which went bust with more than a million pounds worth of debt had just £126 in its bank account when it folded.

A rogue builder's been jailed for four years after being found guilty of fraudulent trading and money laundering.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-03-07/rogue-builder-jailed-after-shoddy-work-left-customers-thousands-out-of-pocket/