Fraud

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has issued a warning to the public over scam artists posing as solicitors to steal money from home-buyers. In a statement, the Law Society said it is "aware of reports" about clients losing significant amounts of money after receiving a last-minute and fake email,

The number of fraud and drug offences recorded by gardaí have increased sharply in the year to September 2019, according to new figures. Fraud offences were up by 35 per cent from 5,779 to 7,805 recorded incidents, while drug offences increased by 17 per cent from 17,896 to 20,972.

A lawyer is facing jail after admitting to stealing almost £1 million from the accounts of clients, the Belfast Telegraph reports. Graham Keys, 64, also admitted he had defrauded a Belfast law firm – where he had formerly been a partner – of nearly £300,000.

A former barrister who stole €235,000 from a businessman by pretending he had bought him a warehouse in Co Kildare will be sentenced in November at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the Irish Examiner reports. Patrick Russell, 56, pleaded guilty to the theft of €215,000 from Paul O’Conn

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Bank of Scotland (BOS) £45,500,000 for failures to disclose information about its suspicions that fraud may have occurred at the Reading-based impaired assets (IAR) team of Halifax Bank of Scotland. The FCA found that BOS failed to be open

Taxpayers must foot the bill for a fail fraud prosecution brought by a millionaire solicitor, a judge ruled yesterday. Judge Phillip Matthews ordered that the public cover the legal costs of Ashok Patel, 68, of central London.

A woman has been convicted of fraud in what is believed to be the first private prosecution in the UK by an insurance company against a so-called "slip-and-trip" fraudster. Former law student Farida Ashraf, 41, was given a 21-month suspended sentence in Bradford Crown Court yesterday after pretendin

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has welcomed new figures showing a rise in recorded fraud offences as evidence of the success of the Government's anti-fraud strategy. Mr Flanagan today welcomed the publication of the Central Statistics Office's (CSO) crime statistics for 2018, which continue to be

The Department of Justice has announced the launch of a public consultation on Ireland's anti-fraud and anti-corruption structures and procedures in criminal law enforcement. A review group chaired by James Hamilton, former Director of Public Prosecutions and anti-corruption expert, is aiming to fin