fraud

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned of a second man contacting firms pretending to be from the regulator.

Jessica Harper, a former head of online security at Lloyds Banking Group, has admitted carrying out a £2.5m fraud.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied that its preferred option for consolidating small pots will increase cases of pension fraud.

A Bradford-based financial adviser has been jailed after a court found him guilty of stealing almost £400,000 from four vulnerable clients over a 16-year period.

Almost half the victims of the Bernie Madoff ponzi investment scheme will get their money back after a $1.5bn payout was announced, The Times reports.

The High Court has ordered two related companies into liquidation for their roles in a £3.2m land banking scam.

Victims of a £1m boiler room scam are to be paid back a fraction of their losses after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) secured a court order against the fraudsters behind it.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has released details of its probe into GP Noble Trustees - vowing to take "swift action" to disrupt fraud in the future.

Five men were jailed yesterday for a total of 20 years for running a multi-million pound boiler room fraud.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has called on banks and building societies to improve their work to detect and combat investment fraud.