Met investigates alleged criminal behaviour in MP’s expenses claims
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/04/mps-expenses-met-investigating-two-cases-criminal-behaviour
Read the full article »Top 14 Financial Frauds of All Time – CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/media/top-14-financial-frauds-of-all-time/
Read the full article »Serious Fraud Office agrees with first UK DPA with standard bank
https://www.sfo.gov.uk/press-room/latest-press-releases/press-releases-2015/sfo-agrees-first-uk-dpa-with-standard-bank.aspx
Read the full article »‘Bond villain’ Kim Dotcom faces extradition showdown
With his Teutonic accent, imposing bulk and penchant for black clothing, alleged Internet pirate Kim Dotcom looks every inch... Read the full article »
Abramovich QC Faces Banks In FX-Rigging Case
A leading barrister whose clients have included the Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich is to lead a fight... Read the full article »
Millions fell victim to fraud and cyber criminals in past year
More than seven million fraud and cyber crimes were committed over the past year in England and Wales, the... Read the full article »
Crooked magistrate jailed for VAT fraud which led to £1m of taxpayers’ cash paid to his property firm
A crooked magistrate who masterminded a £1m VAT fraud which helped him secure multi-million pound property contracts was jailed... Read the full article »
Wolf-style ex trader jailed for plundering £4.5million from fund to fuel life of luxury
A REAL-life Wolf of Wall Street conman has been jailed for tricking British investors out of £4.5million to pay... Read the full article »
Fraudster ‘Fast Eddie’ ordered to pay £13.5m
The self-styled ‘Lord’ Davenport’s fine is over criminal profits he made selling London mansion used for sex parties.
Fraudster Edward... Read the full article »
‘Ghost’ Gloucestershire car dealer who paid no tax has been jailed for more than four years
An HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation discovered that although millions of pounds had passed through the bank accounts... Read the full article »
Fraudsters who used the names of more than 200 dead children to launder profits from attempted £1m VAT fraud jailed for more than 16 years
Three fraudsters who used the names of more than 200 dead children to launder profits from an attempted £1m... Read the full article »
Ex-police officer admits £300 million VAT fraud
A former police officer has admitted a £300 million VAT fraud believed to be the biggest in UK history.
Nigel... Read the full article »
‘Captain’ of replica U-boat charged with £1.1 million VAT fraud and money laundering after Customs raid on his submarine
The self-styled captain of a replica U-boat has been charged with £1.1million VAT fraud and money laundering after a... Read the full article »
Self-styled ‘Del Boy’ who applied to be on TOWIE and listed Bentley and Maserati as company expenses jailed for £5.8million VAT fraud
A tax cheat who compared himself as ‘Del Boy’ and applied to appear on The Only Way is Essex... Read the full article »
Businessman jailed for £500,000 VAT fraud lied about selling £4 million of clothes to Paris shops
A businessman who swindled the taxman out of half-a-million pounds in a sophisticated VAT fraud was jailed for two... Read the full article »
Online VAT fraud: Calls for government crackdown grow louder
Calls to crack down on companies selling goods online in the UK without declaring VAT have gathered pace, with... Read the full article »
Drive to claw back millions from wealthy criminals is failing, figures reveal
When the former leader of the notorious “Adams Family” gang was told to hand hundreds of thousands of pounds... Read the full article »
Crooks behind Britain’s biggest tax fraud given 10 MORE years in prison for failing to pay back £184 million
Two crime lords behind Britain’s biggest tax fraud have been jailed for an additional 10 years each after failing... Read the full article »
Revealed: the crime bosses who owe us £700 million
The “appalling” way in which Britain’s organised crime bosses are being allowed to hold on to their illegal profits... Read the full article »
Crime lords hit for record confiscation order
Two crime lords face having to sell two luxury Dubai tower blocks after being hit with a record court... Read the full article »
False positives: fraud and misconduct are threatening scientific research
irk Smeesters had spent several years of his career as a social psychologist at Erasmus University in Rotterdam studying... Read the full article »
Murder rate and online fraud rises point to changing nature of crime
The first substantial increase in the murder rate for some years – up by 44 to 569 in the... Read the full article »
There were 2.5million victims of cyber crime last year – how not to be a victim
You know the theory, but maybe you should ACTUALLY change that password you’ve been using as default for every... Read the full article »
Crime levels soar as millions of cyber crimes included for first time
Crime levels in Britain have more than doubled after official figures included cyber crime and fraud for the first... Read the full article »
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