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  • Investment scam losses rise 34% in 2024

    Investment scams saw a sharp 34% increase in losses in the first recorded rise since 2021, according to the annual UK Finance Annual Fraud Report.

  • FCA confiscates £300k from investment fraudsters

    The Financial Conduct Authority has secured confiscation orders of £305,284 against a trio of convicted investment fraudsters.

  • FCA charges five over alleged investment fraud

    FCA building

  • Financial frauds top 1m in first half with £500m scammed 

    UK Finance website

  • £3m investment fraudster gets 5 year jail sentence

    Southwark Crown Court (Picture: Google)

  • Unauthorised investment scheme fraudster pleads guilty

    Southwark Crown Court (Picture: Google)

  • Cold call fraudsters jailed for 17 years over £1m investment scam

    Southwark Crown Court (Picture: Google)

  • Profession stops £4.5m of fraud a day in H1 2019

  • Pandemic fuels huge rise in online investment scams

  • Investors lose £657.4m as investment fraud rises 28%

  • Investment fraud victims hit up to 4 times

    Action Fraud

  • Pair sentenced to 19 years for £2m investment fraud

    Southwark Crown Court

  • FCA seeks victims of illegal investment scheme

    FCA HQ

  • Fraud convictions slump as investment fraud rises

    A freedom of information report from wealth manager Quilter has found that despite fraud carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a fine, in 2020 the average custodial sentence secured under the Act was just under 20 months and the average fine was £463.

  • More fraudsters using social media to push scams

    APP investment fraud losses were £107.7m (up 95%), according to the latest figures from UK Finance.

  • SFO raids £150m investment schemes providers

    The SFO has carried out a six month covert investigation into the Alpha and Green Park businesses.

  • Fraudster jailed for failing to pay confiscation order

    The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) secured convictions against Mr Strubel and his co-conspirators Jolan Saunders and Spencer Steinberg in 2015

  • FCA cuts investment fraud losses with internet crackdown

    The FCA has cut down on online investment fraud

  • Man pleads guilty to £19m investment fraud

    FCA HQ

  • £2.6bn stolen through investment fraud since 2020

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