“People who pick on and abuse the elderly will be treated more harshly under a government crackdown to be announced next month.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A national food poisoning alert linked to meat and fish products has been issued after a fraud of least £2million, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 30th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Review of the Serious Fraud Office: Final Report, June 2008 (PDF)
Attorney General’s Office, 10th June 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office’s conviction rate has dropped from 82% to 61% in five years, a report has found.”
BBC News, 10th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who said he could barely walk and claimed £90,000 in benefits has been jailed for 18 months after fraud inspectors filmed him playing football.”
BBC News, 6th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“For six years Virendra Rastogi posed as the highly successful and respectable chief executive of a multibillion-pound metal trading company. His home was in Mayfair, a short chauffeur-driven trip from his offices in Piccadilly, his children were at private school and his customers were dotted around the world. But all was not quite as it appeared. The business, backed by banks in Britain and the United States, was ‘propped up by dishonesty’, the customers were Rastogi’s accomplices and his customers’ addresses included a New Jersey launderette and a cowshed in India.”
The Times, 6th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A dentist and his wife who stole more than £30,000 from the NHS by claiming money for treatment never given to patients have been jailed.”
BBC News, 20th may 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media watchdog Ofcom fined commercial broadcaster ITV a record 5.68 million pounds on Thursday for cheating viewers over phone-in competitions on some of its most popular shows.”
Reuters, 8th May 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“Fifteen councils across Britain are to be offered lie detectors to help catch out benefit cheats who cost taxpayers up to £400m a year.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A company boss who swindled the Ministry of Defence (MoD) out of nearly £425,000 has been jailed for three and a half years.”
BBC News, 30th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The media watchdog Ofcom plans to record a damning verdict and hand down a record seven-figure fine after a six-month investigation into premium phone line deception on some of ITV’s biggest shows.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ten solicitors’ firms are being investigated with dozens of accident claims-handling companies for alleged insurance fraud.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A town’s mayor is facing jail after being caught refereeing football matches while claiming more than £9,000 in disability benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fortune-tellers, mediums and spiritual healers will march on Downing Street on Friday to protest against new laws they fear will lead to them being ‘persecuted and prosecuted’.”
Reuters, 18th April 2008
Source: www.reuters.com
“A gang that cheated thousands of people in a £6m holiday scam have been jailed for up to seven years each.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Corner House Research and Another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“The rule of law required that an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into bribery and corruption should be discontinued only by the independent judgment of the director of that office and not in response to a threat by a foreign power.”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A fraudster was jailed today for claiming more than £85,000 in tax credits for 16 non-existent children.
David Wilshaw, 58, was jailed for 20 months at Bristol crown court for masterminding the scam to claim child tax benefits over four years.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The founder of a website offering sperm to lesbians wanting children has been jailed for 16 months for fraud at Wood Green Crown Court in north London.”
BBC News, 8th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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