Insurance surgery: Up for the challenge – New Law Journal
‘How should local authorities respond to the compensation claims landscape, asks Carol Dalton.’
New Law Journal, 13th February 2015
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
Category: fraud
Tax authorities should prosecute evaders, says Keir Starmer – The Guardian
‘Criminal prosecution for tax evasion should become the default position of the tax authorities, Keir Starmer, the former director of public prosecutions, has said, as HM Revenue and Customs came under further scrutiny over whether it responded to an email from a French whistleblower setting out details of the scale of tax evasion by HSBC.’
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The Guardian, 13th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lithuanian fraudster used ‘clever’ scam to steal £32,000 from John Lewis – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge condemns Laima Butke’s devious con and jails her for 19-months, saying she hurt “decent company” John Lewis.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge to see forensics that point to Tower Hamlets vote fraud – Daily Telegraph
‘Evidence from an independent forensic scientist will form the centrepiece of a rare election fraud trial opening at the High Court on Monday.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
City fraudster who scammed £5.5m out of 100 investors is jailed for seven years – The Guardian
‘A fraudster who scammed more than 100 investors out of £5.5m and spent nearly half to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former Royal Navy chef jailed over £1m ‘fake’ sea bass scam – Daily Telegraph
‘Judge brands £1.1 million fraud a ‘scandal’ after it is revealed Michael Redhead sold 400,000 packs of a cheaper oriental perch to Iceland.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sandra Dunham given 18 days’ home confinement in US fraud case – BBC News
‘A woman who admitted a $1m (£640,000) expenses fraud and money-laundering will not spend any more time in jail.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Maximum benefit fraud fines could be increased to £5,000 – BBC News
‘The maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud that can be offered as an alternative to prosecution could be doubled under government proposals.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fake Help for Heroes collection ‘soldier’ Liam O’Brien jailed – BBC News
‘A Wiltshire man who posed as a serving soldier and falsely claimed to be collecting money for the charity Help for Heroes has been jailed.’
BBC News, 15th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
HMRC Dishonesty Allegation “seriously flawed” – RPC Tax Take
‘The First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) (“FTT”) has ruled, in Citibank NA v Revenue and Customs Commissioners, that HMRC’s pleadings were “seriously flawed”. When alleging fraud against a taxpayer, HMRC must clearly plead that the taxpayer had a dishonest state of mind.’
RPC Tax Take, 14th January 2015
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Football ‘spot-fixing’ case dropped – BBC News
‘The case against 13 footballers investigated over alleged spot-fixing has been dropped due to “insufficient evidence”, the CPS has said.’
BBC News, 15th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
National Crime Agency v Robb – WLR Daily
National Crime Agency v Robb; [2014] EWHC 4384 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 1
‘The court gave guidance on the hearing of applications brought by victims of fraud under section 182 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 as to the principles to be applied in following and tracing recoverable property obtained by the defendant through unlawful conduct.’
WLR Daily, 23rd December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Alternative Power Solution Ltd v Central Electricity Board and another – WLR Daily
‘The test for the grant of an interlocutory injunction to prevent payment under an irrevocable letter of credit on the grounds of fraud was whether it was seriously arguable that, on the material available, the only realistic inference was that (i) the beneficiary could not honestly have believed in the validity of its demands under the letter of credit, and (ii) the bank had been aware of such fraud.’
WLR Daily, 9th September 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Sham marriage stopped after groom uses iPhone translate function to talk to ‘fiancee’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Avtar Singh caught after raising suspicions by accessing translation app to communicate with future Czech wife.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Neuberger and Dyson to head seven-judge panel for Coventry – Litigation Futures
‘The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, and Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, will head a seven-judge panel for the eagerly awaited Coventry costs hearing on 9 February, it has been announced.’
Litigation Futures, 9th January 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Fake cancer’ woman sentenced for defrauding donors – The Guardian
‘A young woman who defrauded friends and strangers out of thousands of pounds by claiming she had terminal cancer has avoided an immediate jail term.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gang involved in £5m mortgage fraud given jail sentences – BBC News
‘A gang of people who carried out an “audacious” mortgage fraud worth more than £5m have been jailed.’
BBC News, 18th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
NHS fraud doctor Anthony Madu avoids prison – BBC News
‘A gynaecologist who defrauded the NHS out of tens of thousands of pounds working as a locum while off work sick from a Cardiff hospital has avoided prison.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
SFO makes first use of Bribery Act in prosecution for fraudulent UCIS – RPC Financial Services Blog
‘Earlier this week three individuals were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court following the first prosecution by the SFO under the Bribery Act 2010. The case hasn’t give us a meaningful judicial interpretation of the Bribery Act, but it does show that the SFO is prepared to use the Act and the case also serves as a further example of the risks of investing through a SIPP into an investment that seems too good to be true.’
RPC Financial Services Blog, 11th December 2014
Source: www.rpc.co.uk
Deaf couple and their son face jail after conning taxpayers out of £900,000 – Daily Telegraph
‘The couple are said to have funded a luxury lifestyle of holidays and jewellery with ‘scandalous ease’.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
