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UK Budget 2024
Chancellor urged to compensate infected blood victims in UK Budget
...Privately, ministers noted it was convenient for the government that the compensation bill would not be finalised until after the Budget, meaning the Office for Budget Responsibility cannot score the compensation...
March 1, 2024
Q&APersonal Finance
Music and sports fans told: brace for a summer of ticket scams
...anticipated outdoor events including music festivals, the Euro 2024 football championship, the Olympics in Paris and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is likely to cause a surge in ticket fraud, according to financial crime...
April 19, 2024
FT Live
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Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Sam Bankman-Fried
How will the cost of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crimes be counted at sentencing?
...Defining the financial fallout from his crimes has proven particularly contentious, with lawyers for the former crypto kingpin and the prosecutors who convicted him taking sharply divergent views....
March 27, 2024
FT Wealth Management
Wealthy urged to improve digital hygiene in fight against cyber crime
...Access to large sums of money and sensitive data makes high-net-worth individuals ideal victims for cyber crime, warns Annabelle Bryde, head of UK private bank wealth management & crown dependencies at Barclays...
March 22, 2024
Post Office scandal
UK to bring in legislation quashing all convictions in Post Office scandal
...It would require any sub-postmaster to sign a legal statement “vowing they did not commit the crime for which they were originally convicted” before receiving financial compensation....
March 13, 2024
Post Office scandal
UK government rejects claim Post Office compensation stalled ahead of election
...The government has sped up compensation to victims, and consistently encouraged postmasters to come forward with their claims.”...
February 18, 2024
FT Live
Financial Adviser Service Awards 2024
Who gives you 5 star service?
Thursday, 21 NovemberNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
Financial fraud
Push payment fraud victims to get most of their money back
...The PSR says a bank may consider whether a consumer had not been reasonably careful and “grossly negligent” when it was deciding whether to provide compensation....
December 21, 2023
News in-depthUK banks
UK banks prepare for deepfake fraud wave
...“The banking and financial services industry is the only sector that reimburses victims of fraud” said UK Finance economic crime director Ben Donaldson....
January 19, 2024
Money laundering
Chinese fraud victims seek return of £3bn in bitcoin seized in UK
...Thousands of Chinese victims of an investment fraud are calling on Beijing to seek the return of more than £3bn worth of bitcoin seized in the UK....
April 11, 2024
Ransomware
Royal Mail hackers LockBit hobbled by global law enforcement
...Law enforcement agencies including the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency have dealt a crippling blow to LockBit, one of the world’s most prolific cyber crime gangs, whose victims include Royal Mail...
February 20, 2024
UK politics
Government accused of delaying infected blood payouts to make room for tax cuts
...The government said: “We are clear that justice needs to be delivered for the victims and have already accepted the moral case for compensation....
February 28, 2024
War in Ukraine
Ukraine sentences Russian soldiers for war crimes
...The harsh conditions forced upon 368 victims, including 69 children, in the Ukrainian village of Yahidne north of Kyiv, led to the deaths of 17 civilians....
March 11, 2024
Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal victims call for the ‘truth’ as next phase of inquiry begins
...affected tens of thousands of pounds in compensation....
April 8, 2024
London Capital & Finance
London Capital & Finance ran ‘Ponzi’ scheme, court told
...Victims included “retired people who had invested their life’s savings” as well as “disabled people and incapacitated people who had no prospect of earning ever again”, the court was told....
February 19, 2024
News updates from December 21: US GDP revised down in Q3, Angola to leave Opec
Japan protests against South Korean supreme court forced labour compensation ruling
...Hayashi said the court’s decision was a “clear violation of the [1965] Japan-South Korea claims agreement”.In March, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed that victims...
December 21, 2023
FT Live
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Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
Natalie Byrom
Victims are getting lost in the justice system — IDs could help
...In 2023, I worked with victims’ groups to try to understand how issues with data were affecting our ability to help victims of crime....
January 14, 2024
Mortgages
High mortgage rates lead to rise in lending scams
...That was down from a 2022 peak of $99mn, but still significantly more than what victims had lost to such rackets before interest rates started rising two years ago....
April 10, 2024
ReviewFiction
Butter — a recipe for obsession and true crime
...Kijima was in her early thirties when she met her victims online, their ages ranging from 41 to 80....
February 22, 2024
Post Office scandal
UK government sets out plans to exonerate Post Office scandal victims
...Though some had their convictions quashed on appeal, the court has been slow to process cases, leaving many in limbo and unable to claim compensation....
February 22, 2024
Post Office scandal
Kemi Badenoch and former Post Office chair locked in war of words
...Many of the victims are still awaiting compensation offers....
February 19, 2024
HM Revenue & Customs
‘Something that never leaves you’: Pension scam victims fear a new tax hit
...Victims insist organisers of the complex schemes denied the transfers had tax implications....
January 5, 2024
International Finance Corp
World Bank unit faces pressure to compensate alleged abuse victims
...The board of the International Finance Corporation is meeting on Thursday under growing pressure to pay compensation to alleged victims of child sexual abuse in a network of schools in Kenya operated by...
January 25, 2024
Financial fraud
UK banks to be given more time to investigate fraudulent payments
...government recognised “the impact of this devastating crime on victims”....
March 12, 2024
News in-depthPost Office scandal
Fresh spotlight on Post Office scandal reopens old wounds for its victims
...The Post Office has paid out less than 15 per cent of the £1bn set aside by the government for the compensation of victims in the Horizon scandal, under three separate schemes....
January 13, 2024
News updates from December 6: UK immigration minister quits, Italy pulls out of Belt and Road Initiative
US charges four Russian soldiers with war crimes
...They also allegedly threatened to kill the victim and carried out a “mock execution”, the DoJ said....
December 6, 2023

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