UK: MPs poised to investigate VAT fraud on Amazon and eBay
22nd December 2016
UK: MPs poised to investigate VAT fraud on Amazon and eBay
Public accounts committee expected to examine overseas traders evading hundreds of millions in tax on online sales. Read More
US: Platinum Partners – hedge fund bosses face charges in $1bn fraud case
20th December 2016
US: Platinum Partners – hedge fund bosses face charges in $1bn fraud case
Founder and chief investment officer Mark Nordlicht among those arrested months after officials said jail guards’ union money was steered to hedge fund Read More
Former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin convicted of fraud
20th December 2016
Former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin convicted of fraud
Jury finds former chief executive guilty of six counts of forgery and three counts of fraud after he faked ex-wife’s signature. Read More
Special report – KAZAKHSTAN: A CORRUPTION HOTSPOT?
19th December 2016
Special report – KAZAKHSTAN: A CORRUPTION HOTSPOT?
Another thing it has in abundance is corruption, at least according to the World Bank. Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2015, which lists countries "by their perceived levels of corruption” in the public sector, ranked Kazakhstan 123 out of 168, with a score of 28 (“corrupted”) over 100. Is all this bad press justified? Emanuele Midolo investigatives. Read More
China’s $8.6 billion P2P fraud trial starts
16th December 2016
China’s $8.6 billion P2P fraud trial starts
Criminal prosecution of 26 people involved in China's biggest alleged online fraud - a nearly 60 billion yuan ($8.64 billion) case involving online peer-to-peer lender Ezubao - has started in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Read More
UK: The risks and benefits of extending strict liability
16th December 2016
UK: The risks and benefits of extending strict liability
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) would like to extend the strict liability "failure to prevent bribery" offence that is currently encapsulated in S7 of the Bribery Act. Read More
UK: Tesco’s former commercial boss cleared of fraud by Serious Fraud Office
16th December 2016
UK: Tesco’s former commercial boss cleared of fraud by Serious Fraud Office
Tesco's former commercial boss Kevin Grace has been told that he will not face charges from the Serious Fraud Office over the £326m accounting scandal that threw the supermarket into crisis and cost him his job. Read More
Spanish police arrest 200 Chinese nationals in €16m fraud
15th December 2016
Spanish police arrest 200 Chinese nationals in €16m fraud
Police in Spain have arrested more than 200 Chinese nationals in a €16m ($17m, £13m) fraud investigation involving call centres run from luxury Spanish villas, officials say. Read More
UK failing to keep up with online consumer fraud, NAO warns
15th December 2016
UK failing to keep up with online consumer fraud, NAO warns
National Audit Office estimates shoppers lost £14.8bn last year and says protection systems do not provide value for money Read More
Scotland: MP Michelle Thomson reported to prosecutors over alleged mortgage fraud
14th December 2016
Scotland: MP Michelle Thomson reported to prosecutors over alleged mortgage fraud
Thomson, who is suspended from the SNP, is one of five people reported to Scottish prosecutors in relation to property deals. Read More
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