Dawn raid at firms involved in £150m investment schemes
Which took money from 1,500 investors across roughly 50 countries
Serious Fraud Office
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Businessman investigated over care home investment scheme
He promised 125% returns in 10 years
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Fraudster jailed for 9 years for not paying confiscation order
He was part of trio who spent victims’ money on yachts, expensive property and luxury cars
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Investors decry corporate governance lapses amid rising fraud
Advisers doubt enforcement agency effectiveness to clamp down on abuses
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FSCS and UK Serious Fraud Office join forces to fight scams
Government body will be given data on fraudulent investment schemes and the advisers promoting them
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Former IFA among trio charged with fraud
Fund was an unregulated collective investment strategy based in the Cayman Islands
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Financial adviser pleads guilty to multi-million fraud
‘Many victims lost their retirement savings and are not in a position to recover financially’
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Ethical investment scheme director arrested
He failed to appear at two earlier court sessions
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Second former forestry investment firm director charged
Serious Fraud Office has been investigating the scheme since June 2014
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Serious Fraud Office charges ex-forestry investment firm boss
He is accused of committing nine offences and was arrested at Heathrow Airport
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Collapsed UK firm under investigation for mini-bond fraud
Treasury committee calls on watchdog to consider statutory investigation into regulatory failure
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Massive boiler room scammer gets more UK jail time
A fraudster known as the “Wolf of Wimbledon” has been given an additional four years in prison after failing to pay a more than £7.5m ($9.9m, €8.5m) confiscation order, the Serious Fraud Office has confirmed.