fraud
Regulation
A mortgage broker has been jailed for six years after fraudulently obtaining almost £3.5m from clients in the North East.
25 March 2014
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Regulation
Matthew Ames, son of troubled overseas property company Harlequin's chairman David Ames, has been jailed for 40 months for cheating investors out of £1.6m via an elaborate Ponzi scheme.
24 March 2014
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Your profession
An adviser working for Lloyds Bank has avoided a jail sentence despite stealing more than £200,000 from elderly clients to fuel his gambling habit.
24 March 2014
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Regulation
A 21-year-old has been arrested and interviewed as part of a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation into boiler room fraud.
13 March 2014
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Economics / Markets
It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend.
10 March 2014
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Regulation
Criminal gangs who trick people into investing in worthless shares have been targeted by police in the biggest ever international crackdown on the fraud.
28 February 2014
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Mortgages
Solicitor John Fitzpatrick has been sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court to six years' imprisonment for his part in two 'quite spectacular mortgage frauds'.
27 February 2014
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Investment
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reminding investors that the deadline for filing for compensation from the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) is the last day of February.
21 February 2014
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