The UK Finance Annual Fraud Report reveals that criminals stole £1.28bn through payment fraud in 2025, a 4% increase on the previous year. Authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses rose even more ...

Messaging scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated as criminals use AI to imitate trusted people, familiar brands, and everyday conversations. New research from Kaspersky suggests these schemes ...

Kerry Nelson and Jacqueline Stephens plead guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to defrauding four clients of £2m; sentencing is set for 10 December 2026.

Compare AI trading apps and platforms by regulation, costs, data and risk controls. A clear checklist for UK traders with ...

Financial fraud has become one of the UK’s most damaging, persistent, and underestimated national threats. The appointment of the UK’s first Fraud Minister marks a decisive moment—one that could, if ...

Two people lost money to nearly identical bank-card scams, but only one was reimbursed, highlighting a major difference in protections for victims in the United Kingdom and Canada. British victim ...

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Investors must establish their ownership rights under Chinese laws before they can claim the seized Bitcoin through the UK court process.

The alleged fraud involves a $10 million loan sanctioned in 2012 for a UK recycling project, with the bank claiming that the ...

UK consumers have been on the receiving end of a huge influx of online fraud, losing over £11bn ($13.8bn) in the past 12 months, according to Cifas. The fraud prevention non-profit surveyed 2000 Brits ...

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that, following a successful trial earlier this autumn, they've ...

The CBI has initiated an investigation into a $10 million fraud case involving India Exim Bank and a dissolved UK-based ...