The City of London Police raided 20 offices with the help of the Financial Conduct Authority and HM Revenue & Customs in a day of action on Tuesday to gather intelligence on different types of investment fraud.
Raids by tax investigators on Newcastle United Football Club premises and the home of its managing director as part of a fraud investigation were legal, the High Court has ruled.
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho has been sentenced to seven months in prison and fined €142,882 (£128,222 $167,717) for tax evasion.
Legislation aimed at modernising measures to combat fraud will come into force on the Isle of Man from 1 November 2017.
After his name and image were used to defraud members of the public, a billionaire entrepreneur and investor from Singapore has filed two police reports and issued a public warning.
Horse racing enthusiasts have been warned to be on the outlook for potential investment fraud in the equestrian community by Action Fraud.
Fraudsters are posing as anti-scam officers to trick people who have already fallen victim to fraud into handing over their personal and banking details.
Defence witnesses will take to the stand on Sunday on behalf of 54 men charged with scamming almost 2,000 people in a Ponzi-style investment scheme believed to be the biggest in Abu Dhabi history.
A host of dodgy companies and scammers are “trying to leach off the hard-earned reputation” of website MoneySavingExpert.com and its founder Martin Lewis.
A former employee of RSA Insurance Group has been jailed, while his accomplice received a suspended sentence, after they pleaded guilty to a number of fraud offences.
A former financial adviser who was found guilty of forging clients’ signatures to invest their cash into a high-risk fund that later went bankrupt has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
The co-host of a US sports radio show has been arrested by the FBI on investment fraud-related charges in connection with an alleged fake ticket scam that he started after accumulating millions in gambling debts.
