fraud

A financial adviser has been charged with 12 counts of fraud which is said to have netted him over £1m worth of clients assets.

Barclays' share price has fallen 5% this morning following news US prosecutors has initiated a fraud case against the bank.

A financial adviser has been jailed for three years after admitting 13 counts of theft from his pensioner clients.

Criminal gangs who trick people into investing in worthless shares have been targeted by police in the biggest ever international crackdown on the fraud.

HM Revenue and Customers has issued a warning to taxpayers not to be caught out by email phishing scams offering tax rebates in return for bank account or credit card details.

Four former bosses of collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing - including its chief executive and chairman - have been jailed for between three and five years in the heaviest sentences for financial fraud in Iceland's history.

The UK arm of international advisory firm deVere Group has been the target of another cloning scam, with perpetrators imitating its advisers and forging business cards to dupe clients, the firm's UK chief has said today.

Two tax consultants have been charged with fraud over their part in a £1m tax scheme which took advantage of charity reliefs.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) successfully prosecuted more than 600 people for tax evasion in 2012-13, more than double the amount in the previous 12 months and well ahead of its target for the year, figures show.

Three British men who ran an international organised crime gang that conned UK investors out of £80m have been jailed for a total of 43 years by a US judge.