James Ibori, who once worked as a cashier in a Middlesex branch of the hardware chain Wickes, is due to be sentenced on Tuesday for his role in a frau...
A school is under investigation after a music teacher allegedly taught pupils for six years without qualifications. Staff from the Scottish seconda...
A Church of England vicar has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for presiding over nearly 250 sham marriages in a "massive and systematic" immigra...
It is advised a lot on both TV and in many articles we read to make sure we have our finances in order by checking direct debits and standing orders coming out of our bank accounts and getting on top of what is going where.
Britons extradited to the United States have no chance of being cleared as the plea bargaining system empowers prosecutors as "judge, jury and executi...
Welfare-to-work company A4e has paid back thousands of pounds to the Government after uncovering a number of "irregular" claims. An internal audit ...
The former president of football club Benfica can be extradited to Portugal to serve a prison sentence for fraud and document forgery, a judge has rul...
A former Liberal Democrat council leader admitted on Friday committing perjury following a police investigation into electoral fraud allegations. E...
The UK Cards Association has released pleasing figures this week announcing that card fraud in the UK has continued its steady decline.
Fraudsters Nana Boateng and Jose Dias have admitted swindling £46,000 from the "Boris bike" scheme. The 26-year-olds admitted making dozens of bog...
Card fraud has reached a 10-year low, as criminals resort to old-fashioned cheque and telephone scams, figures have shown. Credit and debit card lo...
A teenager who disguised herself as a boy to date her own female friends, some of whom were underage, was jailed for 30 months on Monday. Gemma Bar...
The Prime Minister's former "family champion" Emma Harrison has announced that she is stepping down as the chairman of her welfare-to-work firm A4e. ...
Emma Harrison, millionaire boss of a welfare-to-work firm has quit as the Prime Minister's "Family Champion" after allegations of fraud. Emma Harr...
An MEP has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the European Parliament. West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire, 43, was arrested along w...
Five members of a car clamping operation which used motorists "as a licence to print money" have been jailed for a total of almost eight years. And...
An illegal car clamping operation which used vulnerable motorists "as a licence to print money" may have netted up to £500,000, a court has heard. ...
Ed Miliband and Ed Balls recently attempted to make some headway on the key issue of economic growth by asserting that they may not be able to reverse Coalition cuts after 2015, whilst also promoting their five point plan for jobs and growth.
The First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, joined Twitter today. When I followed her she had tweeted only twice and had just over 20,000 followers. As I write, she has added another tweet and has over 111,000 followers.
The former bursar of a Catholic school in Plymouth is facing three counts of fraud, including abusing his position and false representation, during hi...
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after allegations that Tottenham Hotspur FC spied on Olympics officials during its stadium b...
A British man wanted for allegedly faking his own death as part of a £1.25 million life insurance scam has been arrested in Australia. ...
Contrary to some reports released in the last couple of years, not to mention major cases of large-scale corporate fraud, India remains a great place for Western and Asian companies to do business.
The key change being introduced is individual voter registration, and it's a change that's been too long coming.
Edward Davenport, a wealthy entrepreneur and self-styled 'lord', has been jailed for a multi-million-pound fraud. He was accused of running a "adva...
