The second defendant to be extradited to the US to stand trial on charges of defrauding individuals into taking out loans backed by collections of fine wines as collateral has been named. He has pleaded not guilty. The alleged fraud, carried out under the company name Bordeaux Cellars, resulted in losses of around US$100 million […]

An office manager at a charity has been jailed for three years for stealing £217,000 over nearly eight years. Isabella George stole the money from the Caritas Social Action Network by fraudulently signing then cashing cheques to the tune of £171,000 and using the charity’s credit card to make purchases for her own benefit. An […]

The Government has confirmed it is shutting down the National Investigation Service (NATIS), which was set up by the previous Government in 2020 to investigate perpetrators of Covid Bounce Back Loan (BBL) fraud, after it failed to catch a sufficient number of fraudsters. As of summer 2025, such investigations will be conducted by the Insolvency […]