A top surveyor has been found guilty of joining a £10 million mortgage con from which she got luxury cars and a new home.Mary-Jane Rathie got over £1 million after looking at a series of top-class properties in London and inflating the value of them,…Read More
Man jailed over £6.8m fraud bid
A man who admitted trying to defraud HM Revenue & Customs of £6.8 million was caught out when he used invoices and bank statements containing a number of errors, it has been revealed. As well as submitting fake repayment claims for VAT and income …Read More
Company boss sentenced over fraud
The former chief executive of a company has received a 12-month prison sentence after costing investors millions of pounds, it has been revealed.Stuart Pearson, 63, was jailed over the misrepresentation of the £357 million value of investment services…Read More
More senior staff ‘commit fraud’
People in senior management positions are more likely to be involved in fraudulent activities than junior staff members, new research has revealed.According to professional services group KPMG, fraud is easier to commit now because of the economic down…Read More
Wife ‘received mortgage scam gifts’
The wife of a policeman has been accused of taking part in a £10 million mortgage scam.A court has been told Mary-Jane Rathie, 43, was given high-value cars and money to buy a new house for her part in the fraud.It is alleged the senior surveyor, over…Read More
Tax probe into offshore accounts
A crackdown on tax evasion has uncovered around half a million Britons with cash stashed in offshore bank accounts.The investigation revealed that many middle-class people seemed to have joined the super-rich by putting their assets into foreign tax ha…Read More
More time for fraud fund recovery
Prosecutors have been granted more time to recover the funds from Grahame Whitehead's £26 million fraud that will be paid back to his victims. Last November IFA Whitehead was ordered to pay back £2.6 million to his victims but a hearing at Chelm…Read More