Two firm directors who lost investors about £60m in a scheme the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) branded "an elaborate scam" have had their sentencing postponed following fresh allegations made at the eleventh hour.
Advice to invest in a troubled unregulated overseas property scheme has helped push 24 firms over into failure, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said.
Investors in a beleaguered overseas property scheme have been told there is no prospect of them receiving compensation until a fraud investigation into the investment has been concluded.
Investors who lost money in failed property scheme Arck may finally find out if they will receive compensation when the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) issues an update in March.
A former partner of unregulated property investment Arck LLP has pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to three fraud charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
An IFA has launched a petition calling on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to ban unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) outright.
Three investments in off-plan property firm Arck totalling £45,000 were too high risk and complex for a client, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled, despite the adviser's claims he had previously invested in similar schemes.
Yorkshire Bank has been accused of failing to help investors who lost money in failed property firm Arck, despite setting up a dedicated "support scheme" brokered by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), prompting a lawyer to raise the issue with MPs....
Yorkshire Bank has threatened advisers who sold failed property investment scheme Arck that it will pursue them for money if their clients make a claim for compensation against the bank.
Yorkshire Bank has agreed a redress scheme with some investors in failed investment Arck.