fraud

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson played a leading role in a "blatant" £5m pension tax relief scam, a court heard.

Former tax boss Andrew Meeson and his business associates pocketed £5m in a "very simple and very lucrative scam" by claiming tax relief on fictitious pension contributions, a court heard.

Two former employees of HBOS have been arrested along with a string of other suspects following an investigation into loans offered by the bank prior to its collapse.

A former director of a financial advice firm has been charged with fraud.

The director of two ‘green' finance firms which allegedly took more than £1.2m from investors has been charged with fraud.

A national campaign has been launched to try to tackle the estimated £1.2bn of fraud suffered by UK investors every year.

A financial adviser from Henley-on-Thames has been jailed for 14 months after giving false financial advice to an elderly woman.

The director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has admitted the organisation has been suffering from "failure in quality" and needs to "up its game", the Telegraph reports.

Lawyers and trustees acting to retrieve £52m removed from nine pension funds during the GP Noble fraud have got back 85% of the missing cash.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has charged a trader with seven offences, including fraud and forgery, relating to an unauthorised investment scheme he operated.