Scams steal Â£8.4bn from taxpayer
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The UK loses five times more to VAT cheats in one year than any other EU country, according to a report.
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The European Commission on Friday said it was scrutinising a French tax scheme under which Vivendi Universal unlocked â¬3.8 billion ($4.
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Four Britons were arrested in connection with the February theft of more than 90 million dollars from a cash depot, considered Britain&#039;s biggest ever bank robbery, police said.
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The thieves escaped with more than Â£1m of jewellery.
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A man who inadvertently left Â£1,200 in an item of clothing he gave to a charity shop is told the money has been banked.
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Societe Generale has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud that, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, will force it to seek $8.02 billion in new capital
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Four eastern Europeans appeared in a London court yesterday charged with defrauding online banks of hundreds of thousands through an elaborate 'phishing' scam.
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City of London awash with rumours that Â£3.7bn fraud is at the heart of the market turmoil
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Combined teams of UK and German customs officers have swooped on a cross-border VAT fraud worth Â£116m.
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An estimated 30 million pounds has been stolen from a bank in Northern Ireland, a source has said. If confirmed, the raid would be one of the biggest ever bank robberies in Britain.
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Why are cybercriminals donating stolen cash to charities?
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LONDON: Fraud costs Britain a minimum of 13.9 billion a year, and the figure could be as high as 20 billion, according to a report yesterday.Comment
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As much as Â£20m may have been stolen in a raid at a bank's headquarters in Belfast, police say.
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Patients are to get the chance to influence about Â£8,000 of the money received by their doctors surgery.
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A major fraud involving criminals preying on people from new EU states wanting work in the UK is uncovered by a BBC investigation.
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D.C. officials were told last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request...
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Italian authorities are bringing charges in a scam involving fraudulent e-mail to bank customers.