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  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    MPs take aim at ‘flawed’ plans to reimburse scam victims

    Treasury select committee criticises proposal that Pay.UK enforces compensation scheme

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    EY came close to uncovering Wirecard fraud in 2016

    Collapsed payments firm’s trustee accidentally told the auditor that he did not hold any money on its behalf

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    EY could have stopped Wirecard fraud earlier, says judge

    Big Four firm should have acted after learning about fake software sales, court hears

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    UK tax
    Covid fraud task force ‘not best value’ for UK taxpayers, admits HMRC

    Tax office expects to recover £1.1bn of estimated £4.5bn lost through pandemic support schemes before special unit closes

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    News in-depthFTX Trading Ltd
    Wall Street’s top cop trains his sights on crypto

    Damian Williams faces big test in prosecuting high-profile case against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard CEO ‘demanded retrospective changes to data’

    Markus Braun is implicated by former lieutenant in court case examining collapse of payments firm

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    UK business & economy
    UK taxpayers face losses from fraud and error in Covid support claims

    NAO watchdog says business department has ‘not made progress it planned in recovering irregular payments’

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    Bankman-Fried’s top FTX associates plead guilty to US charges

    Federal prosecutor says Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang are co-operating as crypto entrepreneur is extradited to US

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    Bankman-Fried to agree to US extradition after Bahamas court hearing

    Founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX to face criminal and civil charges in New York

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard was ‘sloppily done fraud’, court hears

    Oliver Bellenhaus says the deception was driven by the former CEO’s desire to make the company look successful

  • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
    Geopolitics
    EU corruption scandal could hit ties with Doha, Qatar diplomat warns

    European Parliament affair threatens to ‘negatively affect’ relations although Gulf state will not curb LNG supplies, envoy says

  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    The FTX files: US authorities outline sprawling case against crypto exchange

    The criminal and civil charges as three markets regulators bear down on the golden boy of the industry

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Germany
    German anti-money laundering chief resigns amid row over backlog

    Government admits task force was kept in dark about delays in processing reports of suspicious activity

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    Bahamian authorities were tipped off by top Bankman-Fried associate

    FTX executive told securities regulator crypto exchange was likely funnelling cash to Alameda trading firm

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The cautionary tale of FTX

    Visionaries drive US capitalism but investors must do their homework

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    ‘Fraud in shorts and T-shirts’: the case against the FTX founder

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest in the Bahamas exposes money transfers before collapse of crypto empire

  • Saturday, 10 December, 2022
    Lex
    Fraud: downturn creates the perfect environment for a reckoning Premium content

    The idea ‘that everyone is at it’ can be a powerful motivator

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Theranos
    Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years for fraud

    Prison term exceeds that handed to former business partner Elizabeth Holmes of failed blood-testing start-up

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Banks warned to tighten phone scam measures

    Consumer group spoofs phone numbers of six high street lenders

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    Crypto exchange given go-ahead to track stolen assets in UK court ruling

    Six exchanges ordered to disclose customer details to help trace funds overseas

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto fraud jumps by a third in UK

    Data from specialist police unit reflect growing problem costing victims hundreds of millions

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    Libor scandal
    Cracks in Libor’s reckoning: Were traders criminals or scapegoats?

    After a series of US court rulings, Tom Hayes is trying to appeal against his UK conviction for rate rigging

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    Deutsche Bank AG
    Exonerated trader sues Deutsche Bank over Libor rigging allegations

    Scandal forced some of the world’s largest financial institutions to pay billions in fines

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Iraq
    Iraq reels from $2.5bn tax ‘heist of the century’

    Bumper fraud implicates Baghdad elite and poses challenge for new prime minister

  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    Tesla Inc
    Ex-Tesla Australia director admits insider trading

    Former operations head bought shares in lithium producer based on knowledge carmaker had supply agreement

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