Private Sector

When there’s been a fraud running for any length of time – or when it’s of any size – there’s obviously the most almighty catfight to try to pin the blame for not having caught it.

https://www.continentaltelegraph.com/business/patisserie-valerie-fraud-report-who-should-be-able-to-see-it/

The South African retailer recorded inflated or fictitious transactions totalling $7.4bn (£5.6bn)

After a four-week trial at Warwick Crown Court they were convicted of conspiring to defraud broadcasters and the FA Premier League

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-sky-dreambox-premier-league-16007135?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

A SOFA retailer in Scotland has been fined £6000 after misleading customers over supposed savings in a Black Friday sale deal which had been part of a nationwide Trading Standards probe.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/17501918.scottish-sofa-retailer-scs-fined-6000-for-black-friday-sale-fraud/?ref=twtrec

Administrators for cafe chain revise deficit as ‘potential fraud’ investigations continue

An estate agent long regarded as a trusted pillar of his community is facing almost certain jail after pleading guilty to fraud charges which involved misappropriating funds over a period of five years.

https://www.propertyindustryeye.com/trusted-estate-agent-facing-almost-certain-jail-after-admitting-frauds/

Following a deferment in November, the judge has now delivered the sentencing on the woman who stole £34k from Visit Isle of Wight. The head of VIoW speaks.

With fraud allegations engulfing Patisserie Valerie, Nicola Sharp of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli emphasises the importance of preventing fraud and investigating any suspicions of it.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/788006/Crime/Prevention+And+Investigation+The+Ingredients+For+Tackling+Workplace+Fraud

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) failed to take “reasonable and appropriate” steps to get key documents from Qatar’s U.S. lawyers before a fraud trial of four former Barclays executives, a London criminal court heard on Thursday.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-barclays-qatar/uk-fraud-office-failed-to-get-key-qatar-documents-for-barclays-trial-idUKKCN1QO1YF

LONDON (Reuters) - A former Barclays executive told in-house lawyers he felt sick when he was told the bank could be challenged by criminal authorities over side deals with Qatar during a 2008 emergency fundraising, a London fraud trial heard on Wednesday.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-barclays-qatar/former-barclays-executive-felt-sick-over-2008-qatar-deal-court-hears-idUKKCN1QN2BP