Three people have been handed custodial sentences after pleading guilty to charges of insider dealing.
Infamous financier Allen Stanford has been sentenced to 110 years in prison for orchestrating a $7bn (£4.5bn) Ponzi scheme.
A Conservative peer has drawn parallels between the collapse of Arch Cru and the Bernie Madoff scandal, stressing the need for the regulator to do more to protect consumers.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned investors against dealing with clones of Morgan Stanley and Allianz International.
A man convicted of insider dealing has been ordered to pay more than half a million pounds in a confiscation order.
A financial adviser and criminal gang member who conspired to launder £9.5m has been jailed.
A fraudster has been jailed for four and a half years for laundering funds in a £27.5m boiler room scheme.