Private Sector

The UK Serious Fraud Office’s former chief operating officer, who briefly led the agency, has joined KPMG to assist companies with corporate investigations.

Dea McGill, a former director of Dundee’s Brassica restaurant, has been charged with theft, embezzlement and fraud after the restaurant fell into administration last year.

A MOTHER who was struggling to pay for Christmas has admitted fraudulently spending almost £1,000 on online goods.

The convicted admitted to defrauding the company in order to fund his drug habit and has been sentenced to two years in jail.

A woman who stole nearly £117,000 from a Chichester business has pleaded guilty at court.

A CO Antrim man was today ordered to stand trial on a series of fraud and forgery charges.

In a matter of a few weeks Nafeesa Shabbir helped criminals fraudulently withdraw £47,902 from four business accounts

Small businesses are the primary target for cyber attacks, yet most are unprepared and do not think they will be targeted, a survey reveals

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252467348/Most-SMEs-severely-underestimate-cyber-security-vulnerabilities

Consider the terms ‘fraud’, and ‘waste’. While fraud conjures up the emotions of anger, alongside romanticised mental imagery of scheming criminals versus noble forces, waste is a far less emotive and enticing concept. However, in an industry as complex as programmatic, with a multitude of nodes interlinking at various touchpoints, small amounts of wastage can build into as serious a problem as fraud, if not more so.

https://www.exchangewire.com/blog/2019/07/24/with-all-the-talk-of-fraud-the-industry-overlooks-waste/

A former estate agent who ran his own business and commended great respect locally has been jailed for two years.