fraud
Investors lose £78m as lockdown sees 'clone fraud' surge
Spike during first lockdown
Woman found guilty of sawing off own hand for pay-out
Sentenced to two years in prison
FCA investigating 165 Covid-19-related scams
FOI request
Three charged by SFO in Axiom fund collapse investigation
Former IFA charged
£1.3bn fraud claim filed against HSBC UK Bank for 'sham' film investment scheme
'Catastrophic for unwitting investors'
Ipswich IFA admits defrauding clients of £300,000
Norwich court hearing
FCA secures £290k confiscation order against convicted investment fraudster
Investors lost £3m
Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year
More than 8,000 investment fraud reports have been made so far this year, more than double the amount in the same period last year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
PSIG updates pension scam code with 10 changes
The Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG) has updated its voluntary code of practice to reflect regulatory and legislative changes that have affected the industry over the last year.
Goldman Sachs shareholders demand investigation into 1MDB involvement
Money-laundering and bribery claims
Two scam victims lose more than £1m pension savings each to fraudsters
Average £91,000 lost to scams
Six guilty in £2.7m boiler room scams
Follows an FCA criminal law suit
Govt proposes pension transfer controls to stop scams
Follows Hughes v Royal London case
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FOS finds against adviser for failing to detect fraud
'Alarm bells should have started ringing', FOS said
Two IFAs appear in court over multi-million pound fraud
Charged in April, court proceedings have started
Prando's Asset Management - Darn site, more clever
The chairman is a bit too impressed with a scam website
Advisers among those hit by 'pyramid scheme'
Other affected investors urged to come forward
FCA warns of cold calling fake regulator fraudster
A man pretending to be from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is cold calling people in an attempt to defraud them, the regulator has warned.
Ex-IFA admits multi-million pound Ponzi fraud
A former independent financial adviser who set up a "no-risk gambling" Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud.
Adviser sentenced after £35k theft from elderly clients
A financial adviser has been handed a two year suspended jail sentence after admitting he stole £35,000 from an elderly couple.
'Heartless' carbon credit investment firms shut down by High Court
Two fraudulent investment companies that raised more than £850,000 from the public for near worthless carbon credits have been ordered into liquidation by the High Court.
Adviser loses appeal against prison sentence
A former mortgage adviser jailed for a £478k fraud - which included conning members of his own family - has lost an appeal against his prison sentence.
Police investigate former Sense IFA for 'running fraudulent scheme'
A former appointed representative of the Sense Network is being investigated by police for allegedly running an unauthorised deposit taking scheme, Police Scotland has confirmed.
