Fraud
Jail term for ex-insurance worker in £280k fraud
A former employee of RSA Insurance Group has been jailed, while his accomplice received a suspended sentence, after they pleaded guilty to a number of fraud offences.
IFA jailed for forging signatures
A former financial adviser who was found guilty of forging clients’ signatures to invest their cash into a high-risk fund that later went bankrupt has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
North America | 6 Sep 17
FBI arrests radio show host in $5.6m investment fraud
The co-host of a US sports radio show has been arrested by the FBI on investment fraud-related charges in connection with an alleged fake ticket scam that he started after accumulating millions in gambling debts.
Cayman-based Bernie Madoff feeder fund author of own demise
After a 12-week trial, liquidated Cayman Islands investment fund Primeo, which invested with infamous Ponzi scheme Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities (BLMIS), was found to be “to a very substantial degree the author of its own misfortune”, a judge has ruled.
Law firm loses appeal in ‘mafia risk’ property project
An Italian law firm has lost its appeal against a British High Court ruling that it was under a duty to warn investors over a failed property scheme that is now under investigation for allegedly being a money-laundering vehicle for the mafia and IRA.