fraud

Pensions

Three in court in connection with £14m pension fraud

Three people have appeared in court in connection with an investigation into pension fraud totalling nearly £14m.

clock 15 April 2021 • 1 min read

Life Insurance

Woman sentenced for fraudulent life insurance claim

Two years imprisonment suspended for two years

clock 16 March 2021 • 2 min read

Your profession

Investors lose £78m as lockdown sees 'clone fraud' surge

Spike during first lockdown

clock 27 January 2021 • 4 min read

Protection

Woman found guilty of sawing off own hand for pay-out

Sentenced to two years in prison

clock 14 September 2020 • 1 min read

Your profession

FCA investigating 165 Covid-19-related scams

FOI request

clock 24 August 2020 • 1 min read

Your profession

Three charged by SFO in Axiom fund collapse investigation

Former IFA charged

clock 21 August 2020 • 1 min read

Regulation

£1.3bn fraud claim filed against HSBC UK Bank for 'sham' film investment scheme

'Catastrophic for unwitting investors'

clock 22 June 2020 • 1 min read

Your profession

Ipswich IFA admits defrauding clients of £300,000

Norwich court hearing

clock 19 February 2020 • 1 min read

Regulation

FCA secures £290k confiscation order against convicted investment fraudster

Investors lost £3m

clock 27 November 2019 • 1 min read

Investment

Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year

More than 8,000 investment fraud reports have been made so far this year, more than double the amount in the same period last year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

clock 15 August 2019 • 2 min read