Fee-based IFA support firm threesixty has designed a template security policy to help financial advisers establish measures to tackle fraudsters.
Financial advisers are being warned they could be targets for money launderers after 3,000 blank passports were stolen from the Manchester area last month.
The FSA has banned a mortgage broker and his wife for submitting false income information on a personal loan application.
A mortgage broker has been banned and fined £100,000 by the FSA for fraudulent activities.
The FSA says eight individuals have been arrested and several search warrants issued across London and the South East in connection with a major ongoing investigation into insider dealing rings.
The FSA has today set out its approach for tackling mortgage fraud, which it says will make it harder for criminals to escape punishment.
The FSA has banned two mortgage brokers for giving potentially unsuitable advice to around 250 customers.
The FSA is urging UK listed companies to protect their shareholders from boiler room scams by sending them warnings.
The FSA has obtained a bankruptcy order against Samuel Nathan Kahn, who helped boiler rooms illegally sell shares to UK investors.
Mass-arrests for mortgage fraud like those seen in the US are unlikely to happen in the UK, according to a former FBI employee.