British hedge fund tycoon hit with £1.5bn fraud charge by Danish authorities By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:21 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 7 January 2021 A British hedge fund tycoon has been charged with fraud by Danish authorities relating to one of the biggest financial heists ever seen. … Read more
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio face grillings from MPs over HBOS scandal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 Andrew Bailey and Antonio Horta-Osorio face a grilling from MPs over the aftermath of the HBOS Reading … Read more
African internet scammers target lonely locked-down Brits as romance fraud hits record 7,000 cases in 2020 and detectives call on ministers to crack down on Facebook Graeme Biggar, head of National Crime Agency’s National Economic Crime Centre, said agency is combating surge in fraud during Covid-19 pandemic He warned social media companies like Facebook would … Read more
Thousands of people now depend on others to do their shopping, withdraw cash and pay bills on their behalf because of the pandemic. But this has put them at a greater risk of fraud. Last year, there were 29,180 concerns raised over financial abuse, according to NHS records. And if you hand your bank card … Read more
Banks can wriggle out of paying fraud refunds if they can prove victims ignored warnings on their websites. Yet a damning report by the Lending Standards Board (LSB) revealed last week that many of these scam alerts are vague, ineffective and not good enough. The watchdog refused to name and shame the banks with the … Read more
Chris Christie calls Trump’s election fraud claims an ‘absurdity’ and slams the president for still refusing to concede The former New Jersey governor helped Trump with his election campaign He has grown increasingly frustrated with the president’s refusal to concede Christie was part of a round table discussion on ABC on Sunday morning He said … Read more
Fraud fears spark ban on business accounts: Lloyds, NatWest and HSBC stop taking on new customers amid rush of bounce back loan cheats Up to 55 per cent of applications were potentially fraudulent Just 15 per cent of those applying ended up opening a current account after identity and fraud checks By Emma Dunkley And … Read more
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His comments come despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his refusal to concede his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden. In an interview … Read more
Tricked: Job-seeker Chelsea Cowling says she now feels very insecure Against all odds, Evgeniya Kiseleva managed to land a job at the start of the first lockdown after being unemployed for a year. The 29-year-old couldn’t believe her luck – and the fact that her new job involved helping other people find employment was an … Read more
Fraud victims lose £14.6bn to ruthless pension scams: Latest figures show scale of the crime has been grossly underestimated By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 1 December 2020 Ruthless fraudsters may have plundered as much as £14.6 billion from the nation’s pension savings, new … Read more