fraud

Two tax consultants have been charged with fraud over their part in a £1m tax scheme which took advantage of charity reliefs.

The son of troubled overseas property company Harlequin's chairman has been disqualified from being a company director for 13 years.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged four men, including an independent financial adviser (IFA), with fraud in connection with the promotion of biofuel investment products through SIPPs to UK investors.

Fraudsters have targeted network Financial, misusing its brand name and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation details.

Three British men who ran an international organised crime gang that conned UK investors out of £80m have been jailed for a total of 43 years by a US judge.

Eastleigh brokers jailed for six and a half yers for mortgage fraud

NEST Corporation, the trustee body that runs auto-enrolment pension scheme NEST, has been defrauded out of more than £1.4m, it has revealed.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it will step up its game in tackling financial crime and make increasing use of its newly gained enforcement powers.

West Midlands Police have launched a fraud investigation into a Birmingham financier over his role in sale and rent back agreements.

A major tax avoidance investigation has been halted after one of the key figures in the case was arrested on suspicion of wrongdoing.