Apprentice star loses appeal bid – BBC News
“One of the former stars of BBC show The Apprentice has lost an appeal to overturn a conviction for obtaining thousands through benefit fraud.”
BBC News, 15th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: fraud
Definitive Sentencing Guidelines on Sentencing for Fraud – Statutory offences – Sentencing Guidelines Council
“On 13 October 2009 the Sentencing Guidelines Council published its definitive guideline ‘Sentencing for fraud – Statutory offences’, which will apply to offenders who are sentenced on or after 26 October 2009.”
Sentencing Guidelines Council, 13th October 2009
Source: www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Citizenship ceremony conman jailed – UK Border Agency
“The mastermind behind a fake document scam which raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds from immigrants seeking to stay in the United Kingdom has today been jailed for four-and-half years after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
UK Border Agency, 29th September 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Company director plundered more than £500,000 from KPMG – The Guardian
“A company boss was jailed for four years today after trying to buy his second wife happiness with more than £500,000 plundered from global accountancy company KPMG.”
The Guardian, 15th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Action launched against Rover bosses – The Independent
“The four men behind the collapse of car giant MG Rover are to be banned from running companies, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said today.”
The Independent, 11th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Serious Fraud Office investigates JJB and Sports Direct for suspected price fixing – The Guardian
“The Serious Fraud Office is investigating suspected criminal price fixing and fraud at Britain’s two largest sports retailers – JJB and Sports Direct.”
The Guardian, 10th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Tilley – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“If a third party knew of a change that affected the benefit of a person claiming income support, he would be guilty of an offence only if he dishonestly allowed the beneficiary to fail to report the change provided that he had been active in some way in the failure.”
The Times, 5th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
SFO adopts aggressive approach on banking fraud – The Times
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a series of investigations into UK-based banks to establish whether they fraudulently mis-sold complex financial products in the run-up to the global banking crisis.”
The Times, 4th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
No VAT charged for carbon trades as Government widens anti-carousel fraud battle – OUT-LAW.com
“Criminals have been using EU green schemes to commit VAT carousel fraud, the Government has said. It has put an end to the charging of VAT when carbon emissions are traded to stop the activity, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Stone & Rolls Ltd (in liquidation) v Moore Stephens (a firm) – WLR Daily
Stone & Rolls Ltd (in liquidation) v Moore Stephens (a firm) [2009] UKHL 39; [2009] WLR (D) 277
“A company, which was in the exclusive control of its sole director and shareholder so as to be primarily liable for frauds committed against third parties, could not bring an action for damages against its auditors on the basis that they had failed to detect ‘the very thing’, namely its fraudulent activities, they were engaged to prevent since any such claim would be based on the company’s own illegal conduct and was accordingly debarred by the principle of ex turpi causa non oritur actio.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Ex-royal bodyguard jailed for £3m investment scam – The Independent
“A former royal bodyguard who masterminded a £3 million investment scam was jailed for six years today.”
The Independent, 30th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lottery fraudster to pay £15,000 – BBC News
“A Swindon woman whose winning lottery ticket was found and cashed in by someone else has been told she will be paid more than half the original prize.”
BBC News, 24th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R v Tilley – WLR Daily
R v Tilley [2009] EWCA Crim 1426; [2009] WLR (D) 249
“Where a third party knew of a change that affected the benefit of a person claiming income support, he would be guilty of an offence if he dishonestly allowed the beneficiary to fail to report the change, but to commit the offence the third party had to have been active in some way in the failure.”
WLR Daily, 21st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Complex cases surge – The Times
“A surge in the complexity and the number of investment scams pushed the value of UK fraud prosecutions to a record level in the first half of 2009. Seventeen fraudulent investment schemes, amounting to £321 million in all, were prosecuted in UK courts between January and June.”
The Times, 20th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Victim of gazumping given suspended jail sentence – The Guardian
“If revenge is a dish best served cold, the portion served up by Martin Frostick was positively icy. Eleven years after he was gazumped on a house purchase, he launched a smear campaign to ruin the estate agents he blamed for the collapse of the deal.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Jail sentence for squatter conman – BBC News
“A man who posed as a businessman to trick two couples into renting out their homes where he and his wife squatted has been jailed for 15 months.”
BBC News, 14th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ul-Haq and Another v Shah – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“It was not possible to strike out a genuine claim on the ground that the claimant had been involved in a fraud upon the court in respect of an associated claim.”
The Times, 14th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Conman jailed for pilgrims scam – BBC News
“A conman who tricked religious pilgrims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 10th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dance troupe theft woman jailed – BBC News
“An administrator who admitted taking thousands of pounds intended for a dance group’s trip to America has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 11th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Business associate of Jowell’s husband has assets frozen – The Independent
“An Iranian millionaire and business associate of David Mills, the estranged husband of Tessa Jowell, has had his assets frozen by the High Court as part of a claim that he and his company received £6.2m in unauthorised fees and payments from a Welsh steel mill which collapsed with the loss of more than 300 jobs.”
The Independent, 7th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
