fraud

Japanese police are investigating a man they believe hid the corpse of his father in a cupboard in order to keep receiving his pension cheques.

The fraud trial of Allen Stanford has been delayed in the US after a judge heard psychiatric evidence he is suffering from depression.

A company director has been fined £25,000 and banned from working in financial services for his part in a £2m insurance fraud scheme.

Apprentice contestant Christopher Farrell has pleaded guilty to four counts of mortgage fraud.

Fraudulent insurance claims should allow the immediate cancellation of a policy, according to industrywide representations.

The FSA has turned the tables on boiler room conmen by cold calling the scammers to warn them off using the same tactic to cheat investors.

The FSA is contacting more than 49,000 people to warn them they could be targeted by boiler room share fraudsters.

Cash-strapped pensioners are turning to a life of crime to fund their golden years.

The FSA is warning investors and IFAs to beware of an e-mail swindle in which scammers pretend to be watchdog chairman Lord Adair Turner.

Several people connected with Tudor Capital Management, a pension scheme administration service provider, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud, cheating the public revenue and money laundering.