Business | Accountant uncovers finance director’s £2.6m fraud

Norfolk finance director stole £2.6m from ‘hyperspectral’ camera maker, before fraud was caught by forensic accountant

29 Jul 2026

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Business | Fake degree fraudster cost NHS £168k

Former health service employee jailed after being hired 13 times by NHS, caught lying about Oxford graduation, references, and job history

27 Jul 2026

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Business | Charity fraudster jailed for ‘elaborate’ £700k Gift Aid scam

Chelmsford man faked hundreds of charitable donations to steal over £700,000 through sophisticated Gift Aid fraud using his own crypto token until caught out by HMRC compliance team

21 Jul 2026

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Business | Bookkeeper director jailed after ‘systematic’ £216k loan fraud

Cardiff director faked turnover to obtain multiple covid loans to pay off personal debts, transfer money out of the country and buy shares

20 Jul 2026

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Business | Director fined £28k for shipping St Vladimir artwork to Russia

Cheshire logistics director fined for shipping painting of religious icon St Vladimir to Russian buyers in sanction busting first

14 Jul 2026

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Business | Finance admin swerves jail after £148k employer theft

In ‘appalling breach of financial trust’, Scottish finance administrator stole £148,310 from brace of employers, including collapsing energy company

8 Jul 2026

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Business | Chartered accountant banned amid £39m PM Law fraud probe

Regulator alleges accountant allowed withdrawals from client money accounts and failed to report financial difficulties

6 Jul 2026

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Business | NHS fraudster resold £279k stock back to trust

Former NHS employee stole £279,000 from Worcestershire hospital, taking stock and selling it back to health service

3 Jul 2026

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Business | Director ‘broke almost every rule’ spending £300k at Disneyland

‘Calculated and greedy’ Cornwall director jailed for using pandemic money on Disneyland, Tenerife rental, Audi, and private school fees

2 Jul 2026

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Business | 151k addresses removed from Companies House in two years

Update released on ‘cleaning up’ of register, with 151,000 fraudulent or misleading addresses removed since 2024

1 Jul 2026

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Business | Corporate criminal attribution for ‘senior managers’ begins

As of today, companies will be held criminally liable for wider range of offences committed by senior managers, with ‘greater scrutiny from both prosecutors and their own organisations’

30 Jun 2026

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Business | Financial adviser jailed after stole £1.9m to buy crypto

Ex-adviser jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to 34 counts of fraud, stealing £1.9m from friends, investors, and a motorcycle charity where he was chair

26 Jun 2026

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Business | CEO made junior staff create false invoices in £400k fraud

Scottish CEO ‘gave false information to junior members of staff’ to cover up £400,000 shopping spree paid for using party accounts

24 Jun 2026

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Business | Covid fraud squad given powers to search properties

Chancellor expands Covid enforcement team’s powers to search properties, seize assets, and recover money directly from bank accounts and pay checks

23 Jun 2026

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Business | Norfolk accountant jailed after £363k ‘mistaken transactions’

Finance manager at Norwich drainage business jailed for transferring £363,082 company funds into personal bank account 53 times blaming ‘a few mistaken transactions’

19 Jun 2026

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