31 March 2008

Lehman Brothers, one of America’s largest investment banks, plans to sue a Japanese trading house, saying it has been the victim of a complex fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7321284.stm
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27 March 2008

Forty seven disabled parking badges were seized by police during a crackdown on fraudulent use in Brighton and Hove.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7321287.stm
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27 March 2008

A man who funded his playboy lifestyle and love of fast cars with a £3.5m fraud is being hunted across Europe.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7317652.stm
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27 March 2008

A North Yorkshire dentist who fleeced the NHS in one of the largest frauds in the history of the health service has been struck off.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7316459.stm
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27 March 2008

Three men and two women have been charged with fraud and immigration offences after an operation in Essex.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7316184.stm
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26 March 2008

Fraud is costing the UK £20bn a year, the police say as they plan to expand their efforts to tackle it.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7314700.stm
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20 March 2008

Cops raided Premier League club Birmingham City early yesterday as part of a transfer deals probe.  Three officers seized papers from Brum’s St Andrews ground.  For the full story log on to: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article939943.ece
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19 March 2008

A family who duped £3m out of elderly and vulnerable customers through a damp-proofing scam has been jailed.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7303648.stm
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19 March 2008

Police investigating corruption within professional football have raided a Premier League club.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7304692.stm
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18 March 2008

Safeguards introduced to combat electoral fraud “are easily bypassed” because of weaknesses in the voter registration system, it was claimed.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7303606.stm
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18 March 2008

A magistrate has been jailed for 18 months after admitting telling a contact he could delay his court case in return for a £50,000 payment.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7303699.stm
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18 March 2008

A Tory councillor has been found guilty of using bogus postal votes to ensure he was voted into office.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7302809.stm
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18 Mach 2008

A third man has been arrested over fraud allegations concerning organisations given funds by City Hall.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7302538.stm
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17 March 2008

A former Scottish football club chairman has admitted a charge of trying to defraud them of £1,000.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7301242.stm
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14 March 2008 

A father and daughter showed “callous disregard’ for the British victims of their £34m share scam, US investigators say.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7295923.stm
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13 March 2008

A senior detective found guilty of misusing police credit cards has been sentenced to three years in prison.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7294499.stm
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12 March 2008

A doctor has been jailed for four years over a 731,000 Euros fraud which saw him falsely claim his wife had cancer.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7292831.stm
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12 March 2008

A town mayor facing a court appearance over alleged benefit fraud has stood own with immediate effect.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7292002.stm
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12 March 2008

There was a 25% rise in the fraudulent use of UK credit and debit cards last year, with losses amounting to £535m, according to the banking industry.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7289856.stm
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11 March 2008

The Conservative Party will make it an offence for a Crown servant or a government contractor to lose personal data.

The reckless handling of personal data offence was part of a package of measures designed to combat cyber-crime unveiled by shadow home secretary David Davis last week.

Davis’ proposals follow revelations that the lost of hundreds of government laptops that exposed tens of millions to identity theft.

Speaking at an e-crime conference in London, Davis spelled out measures that largely incorporate the recommendations on personal internet safety made last August by the House of Lords select committee on science and technology and rejected by government.  (Computer Weekly magazine)
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11 March 2008

A second man has been arrested by police investigating fraud allegations concerning firms given funding by London’s City Hall.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7289594.stm
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11 March 2008

One man has been arrested and three homes have been raided by police investigating the fraud allegations surrounding a former aide to the mayor.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7289594.stm
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11 March 2008

Prosecutors have accused Fifa’s former marketing arm ISL/ISMM of channelling 18m Swiss francs (£8.7m) in bribes through Liechtenstein.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7289346.stm
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10 March 2008

Four men who tried to steal about £20m from a high street bank using a flaw in the system have been jailed.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7288407.stm
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10 March 2008

A mortgage fraudster from East London has been banned by the main City regulator from anything to do with the financial services industry.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7287603.stm
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10 March 2008

Countrywide Financial is being investigated by US authorities over suspected fraud, US media reports say.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7287143.stm
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10 March 2008

Virgin Active has left hundreds of prospective gym members open to identity fraud by e-mailing their personal details to members of the public.  For the full story log on to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/dmstandard/frame.html?in_bottom=http:%2F%2Fwww.thisismoney.co.uk%2Fnews%2Findex.html%3Fin_page_id%3D2&in_page_id=1804
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7 March 2008

The Chicago trail of a fund raisers for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened with the prosecutor alleging massive fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7282862.stm
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7 March 2008

Lou Pearlman, the music mogul behind boy bands N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, has pleaded guilty to £152m fraud scheme.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7278816.stm
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6 March 2008

A Northumberland property tycoon who owns houses worth more than £3m has admitted a £6,000 benefit fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7282041.stm
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5 March 2008

Dutch MEP Paul van Buitenen has published a confidential internal report on abuse of staff allowances described by a colleague as “dynamite”.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7280032.stm
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5 March 2008

High profits and low risk are attracting organised criminals to mortgage fraud, police have warned.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7279043.stm
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4 March 2008

Members of the public will have to give the government their explicit permission to access their personal details held on government and private sector databases before they can get a national identity card, ID card minister Meg Hillier told MPs this week. 

Hillier was giving evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee on the proposed security arrangements for the national identity register against birth and death records, the passport database, the Department of Work and Pensions database, and Immigration Agency records when people apply for ID cards. 

The government plans to create two ID card databases, one for biometric data, such as fingerprints and facial images, and another for biographical data, such as names, address histories and national insurance numbers, Hillier said. 

Fewer than 100 people will have access to the entire dataset of a national identity register record, Hillier told the committee.  Each access and access to some data fields in the record would require two simultaneous authenticated users.  (Computer Weekly magazine) 
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4 March 2008

Thirteen people have been charged with taking part in a childcare fraud alleged to have earned them £569,568.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7277788.stm
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3 March 2008

Two brothers have been jailed for falsely claiming more than £220,000 in housing and council tax benefits.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7275908.stm
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3 March 2008

The ContactPoint database designed to list the name, address and date of birth of every child in England and contact details for their parents, doctors and schools, has been criticised in a government commissioned report by Deloitte and Touche. 

 Serious security risks were identified by the practices of local authorities and other organisations accessing the database, suggesting that the database could never be secure.  It should be noted that risk can only be managed not eliminated, and therefore there will always be a risk of data security incidents occurring; stated the report.