Private Sector

A fraud case is being assessed against the company and directors behind a failed Oswestry music festival.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/2018/07/14/fraud-team-looking-into-oswestry-fieldbounce-music-festival/

The claimant received damages for his employer’s negligent accessing of his internet accounts.

https://www.weightmans.com/insights/damages-payable-by-employer-for-preventing-access-to-an-employee-s-itunes-library-aol-linkedin-and-whatsapp-accounts/

A London man was sentenced to seven and a half years at Southwark Crown Court for committing fraud by false representation after attempting to steal equipment across eight countries from nine companies working in the film industry.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1064/multi-million_pound_international_film_industry_f

There is one allegation of theft by an employee from the First Friends Nursery in Carlisle, in that she allegedly stole £54,856

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/07/03/former-carlisle-childrens-nursery-worker-charged-with-theft-and-fraud/

Since 2016, the Insolvency Service has shut down nine rogue health supplement companies in the public interest. This has resulted in directorship bans totalling 53 years for rogue health supplement bosses

https://spark.adobe.com/page/8xFjRRTgfexyO/?hootPostID=5e91a06302da15f3c9dddd62ba76febc

Gambling operators face larger financial penalties if they do not make changes to meet their regulatory and licensing obligations, the British gambling regulator has warned

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/june/bigger-fines-await-gambling-operators-/

The Serious Fraud Office and Reserve Bank of New Zealand have launched an investigation into matters related to CBL Insurance, which has operations in the UK and Ireland, and its associated entities.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/cbl-under-investigation-by-serious-fraud-office-104401.aspx

A design and build firm based in Manchester is suing two former staff members over a suspected fraud amounting to more than £500,000 CDS, design and build specialists to the catering and hospitality industry and based in Trafford Park, has issued legal proceedings against the two men and their partners.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2023506-manchester-firm-issues-high-court-claim-alleging-500000-fraud-two-former-employees

Founder of fraud investigations firm jailed in tax rebate fraud

https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/former-fraud-investigator-jailed-for-fraud/1427466.article

Values are matters of the heart and not simply vocational skills to be passed on through a training manual. The breakthrough comes by focusing attention on a common value that runs through all these traits: respect.

http://www.globalethicssolutions.com/articles/2018/06/19/the-common-denominator-of-good-ethics-respect/