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Prompted by the crisis in Ukraine, the UK Government has announced that it will bring forward the Economic Crime Bill. It has also...
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A House of Commons briefing paper, published on 22 February 2022, has criticised the use of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs).The paper...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced its first ever seizure of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as part of a £1.4m VAT fraud...
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On Thursday 10 February, the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper on economic crime in the UK, which summarises recent...
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We recently commented on a fortnight of fast-paced developments in the economic crime space. As we observed, it appears that (despite...
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Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has issued a call for a new register of foreign-owned properties in the UK, citing the fact that the...
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There have been so many developments in the realm of “economic crime” in the last two weeks that it has been hard to keep up.To summarise...
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The UK government has indicated that UK banks will be required to provide refunds to victims of “push payment” fraud (also known as “APP”...
On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured a corporate conviction against GPT Special Project Management...
On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had used its first listed asset order (LAO) to seize £500,000 of jewellery,...
A new Freedom of Information Act request served on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that so far in 2020 the FCA has...
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reportedly made its first arrest of a person in connection with suspected furlough fraud.The...
The Council of the European Union (the Council) has called for a series of cross-continent actions designed to tackle financial crime....
Last week, HMRC announced plans to penalise company directors who intentionally breach the rules of the UK Government’s furlough scheme...
In a report published yesterday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has set out the “unprecedented global challenges” facing...
The surge in Covid-19 related financial crime necessitates an urgent international response, a leading banking association has said. We...