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A Freedom Of Information request has revealed figures showing that NHS fraud has risen by more than 42% in the past five years in Scotland. This means that a total of £2.19m was fraudulently taken between 2008 and 2013. The [...] Read More

A man once dubbed as “Acid’s Mr Big” has admitted to a £1.3m cyber fraud attack on Barclays and Santander customers using a variety of high tech equipment. Tony Colston-Hayter is said to have been one of the ringleaders of [...] Read More

A secret government dossier highlighting the extent of fraud committed by migrants has been widely reported by the UK press. It is believed to be the first time that extensive and full details of the extent of migrant fraud has [...] Read More

In 2013 a raft of measures were introduced by the government to crack down on tax evasion both on an individual and on a corporate basis. In these stringent economic times, the political imperative was at the very least for [...] Read More

A finance manager was found to have embezzled £600,000 from her employers, but only after she paid a co-worker a pay-rise from her own bank account. Sharon Porter had initially transferred funds from her employer’s account into her own, in [...] Read More

Despite claims by Prime Minister David Cameron that the government is tackling benefit fraud and errors, new figures have come to light showing that the figures lost have actually increased by £300m since the coalition government came into power in [...] Read More

Andrew Mitchell’s legal representatives (Atkins Thomson) missed the budget deadline in respect of his litigation against News UK which has had significant implications…. In brief, Andrew Mitchell MP was alleged to have called police officers “plebs” whilst on duty at [...] Read More