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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      ‘Do you understand what I say?’ Markus Braun tests patience of Wirecard judge

      Former chief executive has been unwavering that he has no responsibility for one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Industrial metals
      LME finds bags of stones instead of nickel in metal warehouse

      Discovery of fake consignment comes weeks after Trafigura unearthed $500mn nickel fraud

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Indian group fights Wirecard fraud claim in London court

      Hearing comes in litigation over a series of transactions allegedly arranged by co-founder of IIFL Wealth

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui arrested on US fraud charges

      Prosecutors allege he ‘led a complex conspiracy’ to bilk online followers out of more than $1bn

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      G4S PLC
      Serious Fraud Office abandons case against former G4S executives

      Problems with disclosure of evidence to the defence sent case spiralling into disarray

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Arif Naqvi
      Abraaj founder fails in final attempt to prevent extradition to the US

      Lawyers for Arif Naqvi claimed he risked being subject to intimidation if he was extradited

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      HM Revenue & Customs
      Closure of HMRC unit puts £5bn of taxpayers’ money at risk, warn MPs

      Tax authority strongly criticised over efforts to recoup fraudulent claims on Covid support schemes

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      That colossal Wreck

      “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” etc

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Investment scam reports rise by 193% in five years

      Financial watchdog notes growth of crypto fraud

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Ex-bankers sentenced to jail for defrauding Libyan sovereign wealth fund

      Hidden fees were paid to offshore companies by duo whose actions bring reputation of London’s financial centre ‘into disrepute’

    • 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

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