A Metropolitan Police officer's former wife has been given six years in prison over her part in a £10 million mortgage scam.Mary-Jane Rathie, a senior surveyor, had overvalued properties in exclusive parts of London in exchange for gifts of cars …Read More
Coulson never ended security checks
The Prime Minister's former head of communications, Andy Coulson, never completed the Government's highest level of security checks, it has been revealed.The former News of the World editor, who is at the heart of the phone hacking scandal th…Read More
Financial adviser jailed for theft
A Lloyds TSB financial adviser has been jailed for stealing almost £140,000 from customers and a school where he was a governor.Gloucester Crown Court heard that Andrew Bartlett, 48, "borrowed" £138,500 to fund a venture in property develop…Read More
Gambling addict jailed for fraud
An online gambling addict has been jailed after using his role within a bank to take money from the accounts of numerous elderly customers.James Finnigan, 42, from Twickenham in Surrey, was given a four-year jail term after pleading guilty to 13 counts…Read More
Man jailed for VAT repayments scam
A Leeds man who set up a bogus haulage business as part of a VAT fraud has been jailed for four years.James Harrison, 49, claimed more than £600,000 in VAT repayments relating to the fake company.Leeds Crown Court was told that Harrison carried out th…Read More