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The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's former firm has won an appeals court ruling backing his method of working out which investors can recover money lost in the Ponzi scheme.

A former Barclays Bank employee has been jailed for three years after he stole £820,000 from a pensioner's bank account.

A former financial adviser has been named as one of the ten most wanted fraudsters from across the UK by Crimestoppers for a multi-million pound mortgage application fraud scheme.

A trustee tasked with returning money to victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme fraud says more than $1bn (£610m) has been recovered from investment funds which placed money with the fraudster.

A financial adviser for Lloyds TSB who took almost £140,000 from his children's school and from his clients has been jailed for 18 months.

Industry must work together to fight criminal applications

An insurance fraud police unit is to be set-up, paid for through a police-private sector partnership.

A financial adviser has been jailed for five years after using fake identities and disguises to try to defraud banks and building societies out of £3m.

A mortgage broker convicted of making almost £1m from a £2.24m fraud has been ordered to pay back £240,000.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today banned two insurance brokers for misconduct including falsifying documents and underinsuring clients for their own financial gain.