A Lincolnshire businessman who co-directed an engineering company with his wife, which worked with Innovate UK, has denied any knowledge of fraudulent activity, despite his wife having pleaded guilty to her part in the fraud. Andrew Rendell-Read is alleged to have extracted a profit of £260,000 from the Government agency in a joint fraud operated […]

In a bid to combat the growing scale of fraud in the UK, the Government has launched its Fraud Strategy 2026 to 2029: Disrupting Crime, Supporting Economic Resilience and Delivering Justice. The strategy explains how the UK will disrupt methods used by criminals, improve support for victims and strengthen protection for the public and businesses. It […]

Two former executives of the collapsed funeral firm, Safe Hands Plan Ltd, pleaded not guilty on 5 March at Southwark Crown Court to conspiracy to defraud and fraud by false representation. Richard Wells and Neil Debenham are accused of defrauding the Safe Hands business between 2019 and 2021, allegedly enriching themselves using money that customers […]