Fraud
Serious Fraud Office picks ex-Met police officer Nick Ephgrave as new director
A former senior police officer will lead the UK’s top fraud-busting agency
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SFO boss Lisa Osofsky to leave: ‘Wins have been eclipsed by scandals’
Osofsky’s rocky tenure at the SFO is drawing to a close, with experts questioning what her legacy will be
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Ex-SFO lawyer accused of calling FBI agent a ‘c***’ was unfairly dismissed, tribunal says
Ex-SFO lawyer Tom Martin was accused of insulting an FBI agent in a London pub
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Missing ‘CryptoQueen’ added to FBI’s Most Wanted list
The bureau is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information that leads to Ruja Ignatova‘s arrest
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Ex-Barclays trader banned for life after Euribor conviction
Colin Bermingham was convicted of Euribor rigging in 2019
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Facebook and Google duck questions about earnings from scam ads
MPs wrote to the online giants to ask how they deal with finance scam ads
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Banks should do more to combat online scams that spiked during pandemic
Online scams and frauds have spiked during the pandemic
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Ex-Goldman Sachs analyst and brother charged with insider trading
The brothers allegedly used inside information to profit on equities trading
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SFO boss Osofsky says new powers could help fraud squad go after ‘dirty’ bank insiders
'We’re concerned that the recipient of the Section 2 Notice may tip off the subjects of the information we seek, thereby jeopardising the covert status of the investigation,' Osofsky said
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Mnuchin pledges crackdown on Covid cybercriminals
The US Treasury secretary said cyber criminal have taken advantage of the pandemic
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Ex-Deutsche Bank traders to stand trial over price rigging precious metals
The case turns on whether trading tactic to manipulate prices is fraud
