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.
Details of the death of David Seaton, the founder of Rowanmoor Pensions, were revealed in an inquest yesterday.
Industry practitioners are calling for financial rewards for whistleblowers to encourage exposure of fraud, a survey says.
A former Burns-Anderson appointed representative jailed in April for defrauding clients out of more than £7m is set to return to court to be stripped of his assets.