Private Sector

  • 13 Jun 2023 1:00 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Yorkshire-based boss of finance company found guilty of fraud, false accounting and forgery after abusing millions of pounds of investors’ money to buy racehorses and fund other businesses.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leeds-finance-boss-sentenced-for-20-million-fraud

  • 13 Jun 2023 12:19 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A Hampshire car dealer has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for clocking cars.

    An investigation by Hampshire Trading Standards officers resulted in Ashley Wilson, 27, of Longfield Avenue, Fareham in Hampshire being sentenced to 45 months imprisonment, at Portsmouth Crown Court.

    https://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-news/automotive-news/man-jailed-four-years-2-7-million-mile-clocking-fraud-12-06-2023

  • 07 Jun 2023 11:58 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) - Companies in Britain that commit wrongdoing have "nowhere to hide" and will face "meaningful consequences", a new enforcement co-head of Britain's markets regulator warned on Thursday, as she started setting out her strategy for the first time.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/nowhere-hide-uks-new-fca-enforcement-co-head-warns-finance-industry-2023-06-01/

  • 07 Jun 2023 11:34 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Racehorse owner John Dance is being investigated over criminal offences of fraud and money laundering as financial investigators revealed on Wednesday they were aware of a potential black hole of more than £80 million in client assets and money associated with his wealth management business.

    https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/owner-john-dance-facing-fraud-offences-as-investigators-reveal-potential-80m-black-hole-a4HWQ4N301Ru/

  • 01 Jun 2023 3:26 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    LONDON: Boards of listed companies face tougher hurdles from January 2025 to show investors they have effective safeguards against fraud to ensure accurate financial reports, Britain’s corporate governance watchdog is proposing.

    https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2023/05/25/uk-companies-watchdog-proposes-tougher-disclosures-on-internal-controls

  • 30 May 2023 10:15 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A supercar tycoon is alleged to have withheld information from a fraud investigation into a car leasing company which collapsed with debts of £28 million.

    https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/national/23549814.supercar-tycoon-denies-withholding-info-fraud-probe-car-leasing-firm/?ref=twtrec

  • 27 May 2023 11:26 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Vinci Construction UK has issued a warning to subcontractors and suppliers who are being targeted by fraudsters posing as representatives of the contractor.

    https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2023/05/25/vinci-issues-fraud-alert-to-suppliers/

  • 25 May 2023 1:58 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The owner of Fleetwood Town is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of a multi-million pound fraud involving mis-sold energy contracts.

    Andy Pilley was a leading figure of what National Trading Standards called "a web of interconnected companies that misled innocent small businesses across the UK."

    https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-05-23/football-club-owner-convicted-of-multi-million-pound-fraud


  • 25 May 2023 1:45 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Aman who stole £350,000 from his employer treated himself to a life of luxury. Harminder Gill, 27, bought himself luxury cars, holidays and expensive getaways to London's infamous Shard at the expense of his bosses.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/worker-who-stole-%C2%A3350000-from-employer-led-life-of-luxury-with-cars-and-holidays/ar-AA1bjLNw

  • 25 May 2023 1:31 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A couple who defrauded Stephen Terry's Hardwick restaurant in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire out of £150,000 have evaded immediate prison sentences in a ruling the chef has branded an "absolute joke".

    https://www.thecaterer.com/news/stephen-terry-hardwick-fraud-sentencing

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