UK News & Investigations

A MAJOR suspected "timeshare compensation fraud" involving at least 23 limited companies, is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). It is suspected the companies cold called members of the public offering exit and/or compensation from timeshare or holiday clubs they had earlier entered into agreements with for an upfront fee between January 2018 and September 2024. No services are understood to have ever been provided in most cases, according to the SFO. Peopl

A MANHUNT is underway after a man accused of masterminding a 14 million euro cyber fraud that targeted German investors failed to turn up for his extradition. Germany has been seeking the extradition of Israeli national Bar Cohen, 32, from the UK since 2022. He was set to be flown out of the country on Wednesday, October 15 2025, but failed to show up after earlier being released on conditional bail. At a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court the next day a bench warrant

A CENTRAL London nightclub where LeAnn Rimes re-enacted scenes from the film Coyote Ugly suddenly closed after just over two years of...

DETECTIVES have arrested a Bedfordshire man and seized £124,000 in cash as part of a fraud investigation. Following a warrant in Luton on...

THE true scale of Bounce Back Loan (BBL) fraud is not yet known, with levels expected to soar over the next 18 months, industry experts...

Over a million pounds has been returned to a company defrauded by one of its employees to feed his gambling addiction. Andrew May, 46, of...

THE National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained a ruling from the High Court that allows Barclays Bank to hand over suspected criminal funds...

A BRITISH trader facing life in prison in South Korea amid allegations he masterminded an illegal share sale that sparked an £18 billion...

THE fraud trial of the boss of a celebrity-endorsed business that sold an estimated £400 million of off-plan properties at planned luxury...

A CANADIAN pharmacist wanted in the US to face money laundering and pharmaceutical crime charges has appeared in court. Akhane...