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    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      UK crypto fraud losses jump 40%

      Data from national reporting agency for cyber crime shows £300mn in losses over past year

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      A beginner’s guide to getting away with accounting fraud, part two

      Unbelievable receivables

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      Banking, tech and telecoms groups combine to gather intelligence on scammers

      Cross-industry body announces pilot after companies warn UK fraud strategy is too weak to tackle problem

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      UK forex boss convicted after masterminding multimillion pound ‘Ponzi-style’ scheme

      International warrant issued for Anthony Constantinou, who absconded halfway through trial

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Online UK fraudster sentenced to 13 years over £100mn bank ‘spoofing’ scam

      Tejay Fletcher’s iSpoof website helped criminals defraud victims by posing as bank staff

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Serious Fraud Office UK
      Ex-boss of London Capital & Finance given 10-month suspended jail sentence

      Andy Thomson convicted of contempt as part of probe into investment scandal

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Michael Lynch
      Autonomy founder Mike Lynch extradited to US

      Entrepreneur faces fraud charges over software group’s accounts

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      It’s time social media platforms unfriended fraudsters

      Most UK fraud originates online and AI brings a frightening new dimension to scams

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      UK business & economy
      One-fifth of UK businesses hit by fraud, Home Office survey shows

      2018-20 findings point to ‘high levels of repeat victimisation’ and average cost of £16,000

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      FT Money personal finance guides
      FT Money’s guide to tackling fraud epidemic

      New beefed up service will replace Action Fraud this year

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      TSB hits out as social media fraud redress plan is dropped

      UK government’s anti-fraud policy comes under fire

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      UK’s new fraud strategy too weak to tackle soaring crime, say experts

      Cold calls on financial products to be banned but plans to force tech groups to pay compensation for online scams have been dropped

    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      Cyber Security
      UK intelligence agencies to step up anti-fraud efforts

      Clampdown by security services comes as government seeks to curb financial scams costing £7bn a year

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      MPs slam UK business department over Covid loans fraud

      Report criticises delays in paying postmaster victims and ‘dysfunctional’ Companies House register

    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
      Fallen hedge fund star seeks to reinvent himself as thought leader after jail term

      Dan Kamensky returns to distressed debt markets to shine light on industry’s hardball tactics

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      WANdisco PLC
      UK’s financial watchdog launches probe into WANdisco

      Software group revealed this month it had falsified almost $15mn in revenue last year

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      A beginner’s guide to accounting fraud (and how to get away with it)

      A history in the faking

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      News in-depthSerious Fraud Office UK
      Collapse of fraud case triggers demand for overhaul of UK disclosure rules

      Failure of high-profile SFO investigations ignites debate over how criminal evidence is shared

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Libor transition
      The pain and SOFRing are almost over

      Meet the new boss, surprisingly different from the old boss

    • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
      JPMorgan Chase & Co
      Frank founder charged with defrauding JPMorgan in $175mn sale

      Charlie Javice allegedly falsified user numbers at student finance company

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      Libor transition
      UK watchdog orders publication of ‘synthetic’ dollar Libor rate

      Decision allows some derivatives extra 15 months to transition from tarnished benchmark

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      UK crime
      Britain risks becoming ‘haven for fraudsters’, MPs warn

      Home Office slammed as ‘sluggish and outmanoeuvred’ on launch of new economic crime plan

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      ‘Do you understand what I say?’ Markus Braun tests patience of Wirecard judge

      Former chief executive has been unwavering that he has no responsibility for one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Industrial metals
      LME finds bags of stones instead of nickel in metal warehouse

      Discovery of fake consignment comes weeks after Trafigura unearthed $500mn nickel fraud

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Indian group fights Wirecard fraud claim in London court

      Hearing comes in litigation over a series of transactions allegedly arranged by co-founder of IIFL Wealth

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