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The FSA has sent out written warnings to 38,000 investors whose details were discovered on a 'master list' used by boiler room fraudsters.

Two investors seeking the immediate return of their money from a bank linked to US Ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff had their request turned down by a Dutch court yesterday.

Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for former Icelandic bank chief Sigurdur Einarsson.

A financial adviser has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of conning pensioners out of £1.3m.

The FSA has banned three mortgage brokers from working in regulated financial services and fined a fourth £17,500 for mortgage fraud and advice failings.

The FSA has today confirmed it will launch an unprecedented investigation into the international arm of US bank Goldman Sachs.

A number of beleaguered investors in the suspended CF Arch cru fund range have taken their case to the police, demanding charges be brought for "bad investment advice".

A London mortgage broker who submitted 42 falsified mortgage applications for customers has been banned and fined £103,000 by the FSA.

A financial adviser has been handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for mortgage fraud following an investigation which began as an illegal drugs probe.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has increased its conviction rate in cases brought before the courts to more than 90%.