Crime

Pension fraud hits £1.8m in 2021

Some £1.8m has been lost to pension fraud in the first three months of 2021, according to fraud and cybercrime…

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Manchester accountant jailed for £1.4m fraud

A chartered accountant and former NHS executive from Manchester who siphoned almost £1.4m from several companies, including those that care…

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Bankrupt furniture maker faces eight year ban for acting as director

A Stockport furniture boss has been banned for eight years after declaring bankruptcy before starting a new company with a…

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Property directors banned for £7.7m investor funds abuse

Two directors of the property firm Grosvenor Property Developers have been banned for a combined 25 years after abusing £7.7m…

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Scaffolder banned after disposing assets prior to bankruptcy

A scaffolding director from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, have been banned for four years after “recklessly” spending £142,000 prior to bankruptcy…

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J5 targets global fintech fraudsters

The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) has announced the launch of a coordinated push to track fintech organisations…

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Deloitte partners with Quantexa to tackle illicit finance

Quantexa, the data and analytics software company, has announced it has partnered with Deloitte to tackle global illicit finance and…

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Surveyor who failed to provide accounting records banned for 5 years

The director of KAD Consultants, a surveyor company in Essex has been banned for five years after they failed to…

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Drinks company wound up after falsifying accounts

Drinks company Liquor World has been wound up after being found to have falsified bank statements to obtain over £300,000…

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Tax crime prosecuted 23 times less than benefits fraud

A new report from TaxWatch has revealed the “huge disparity” between the way benefits crime and tax crime is treated,…

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