Private Sector

A Co Derry man who used his position as a sales manager to defraud his employers has been handed an 18-month sentence.

As the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) approaches, employers need to be aware that HMRC have moved into the post-transaction review phase of the scheme. This means that they are turning their attention to making sure that claims under the scheme have been made in accordance with their published guidance.

Thirteen people, including a former UK energy minister, are being sued for £178m in connection with alleged fraud at London Capital & Finance. Elsewhere on Twitter, another challenger bank gets a little more conventional, and pundits react to a bad day for tech stocks.

The Hut Group, the Manchester-based e-commerce company preparing a £4.5bn stock exchange listing, cancelled a previous flotation following the discovery of a multi-million pound fraud at the firm.

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FORMER Rangers chief executive Charles Green is to pursue "significant losses" after Scotland's most senior law officer admitted malicious prosecution of the former administrators of Rangers in connection with the collapsed club fraud case.

A WOMAN who launched two American diners in Oxfordshire before vanishing, leaving dozens of people unpaid and furious, has admitted a string of fraud charges spanning almost five years.

27 August 2020: ICAEW has raised concerns that some genuine research and development (R&D) businesses could be impacted by proposals to tackle tax relief abuse, while its unclear how the measures will tackle low-value fraudulent claims.

Two former employees of West Country estate agent Miller Countrywide have been branded ‘thoroughly dishonest people’ after pleading guilty to fraud charges at Truro County Court.

Troubled payments business Finablr which is entangled in a fraud probe today said it would miss its deadline this week to publish its financial accounts.

US: Short-term rental and aparthotel hospitality brand, Domio, has been accused of allegedly violating Airbnb’s trust and safety standards, which have prompted Airbnb to suspend the startup’s host accounts and listings for the foreseeable future.

https://shorttermrentalz.com/news/airbnb-domio-fraud-allegations/#.X0FSSlx3x5E.twitter