Business | Vape importers struck off after £15m tax evasion scheme

Duo from Glasgow handed lengthy director bans after importing more than 350,000 vapes disguised as medical equipment and failing to pay £15.2m in VAT, corporation tax and customs duty

10 Sep 2026

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Business | Belgravia hotelier blames banks for £450k covid fraud

Owner of five London hotels sentenced after took £450,000 in fraudulent bounce back loans to buy crypto, assuming ‘banks would carry out their own checks’

10 Sep 2026

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Business | Forest scam directors jailed after £70m fraud funded McLarens

Jailed directors spent stolen pension millions on Maseratis, McLarens and Maldives holidays after duping investors into Costa Rica forestry scheme

7 Sep 2026

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Business | Air ambulance charity with no helicopters closes amid inquiry

Stoke air ambulance charity closes suddenly during investigation by charity regulator after did not operate a functional air ambulance service

3 Sep 2026

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Business | Finance assistant jailed for £92k theft from cancer charity

Charity finance worker jailed after going on ‘spending spree’ using £91,966 from Breast Cancer Now, buying £14,000 wedding ring

2 Sep 2026

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Business | Brit sentenced in £44m ‘Singapore Solution’ tax evasion case

British co-founder of Hong Kong based asset management firm used shell bank accounts in Swiss private bank to evade tax for US clients sentenced to time served

1 Sep 2026

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Business | Fake dog fraudster hounds insurers in £31k scam

Liverpool taxi driver fraudulently claimed £31,700 for 30 supposedly dead dogs, including one alleged to have jumped off Blackpool Pier, court hears

28 Aug 2026

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Business | Directors avoid jail after buying Lanzarote house in £210k fraud

Medical cannabis oil directors sentenced and banned after laundering covid money and private loan to buy £210,250 Lanzarote property

24 Aug 2026

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Business | Fashion tech CEO faked audits in $300m fraud scheme

Founder of US fashion tech start-up CaaStle jailed for five years after using fabricated audits and fake financial statements to dupe investors in multimillion dollar fraud

21 Aug 2026

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Business | Game over for bookkeeper after stole £800k from family business

Stechford bookkeeper ‘committed large-scale fraud’ against his own family’s business, spending over £800,000 the money on designer clothes and video game streamers

19 Aug 2026

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Business | Porsche dealer jailed in ‘devastating’ £1m car fraud

Director of well-known car dealership in Knaresborough, Yorkshire jailed after selling top performance sports cars for clients but not paying them the money from the sales

17 Aug 2026

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Business | Director used £13m fraud to buy Porsche and Dubai holiday

Jailed Nottinghamshire director wanted to ‘portray image of wealth and success’, spending investor money on £1.9m house, football hospitality, and trips abroad

12 Aug 2026

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Business | Bookkeeper ‘succumbed to temptation’ in £205k charity fraud

Devon bookkeeper entrusted with farm show charity’s finances for 22 years jailed after stealing £205,000, spending funds on a holiday and running accounting firm

11 Aug 2026

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Business | Banned magazine director jailed after coma claim

Football magazine director jailed after running publisher while banned, claiming court date missed as he was in an ‘induced coma’

7 Aug 2026

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Business | Retired accountant used as ‘cash cow’ in fugitive’s £300k fraud

Lancashire fraudster who fled to Tenerife after stealing £300,000 from retired accountant she treated as ‘cash cow’, jailed following extradition to UK

4 Aug 2026

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