Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

An unlikely couple, a doomed affair and their €64mn ransomware scam ft.com/content/6cfaa7…

USA: 'Mind-boggling' poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

HSBC warns it could take years to settle Madoff case as bank takes US$1.1bn hit. Lawsuit over Ponzi scheme drags on London-headquartered lender, whose profits plunge by 14%. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

City trader sues UBS for US$400m after rate-rigging conviction quashed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Forging ahead: the challenge of AI expenses fakes ft.com/content/8df6fc…

‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages theguardian.com/technology/202…

Publication of UK fraud strategy pushed back to next year. Fraud minister Lord Hanson says the much-anticipated strategy ‘will probably be published’ in early 2026 thebanker.com/content/be64a1…

AI to power new fight against scam callers. UK telecoms groups to block ‘number spoofing’ scams from criminals in overseas call centres. ft.com/content/f73a29…

The science of a trustworthy face - and how to spot a liar (or Traitor) bbc.co.uk/news/resources…

Voice phishing is AI fraud in real time. Just as we learnt to treat emails with caution, we must now learn to doubt a human-sounding voice. ft.com/content/2134dc…

UK: Whistleblowers could earn millions as HMRC targets tax fraud. US-style incentive scheme expected to be announced at Budget later this month. ft.com/content/baabc5…

Chinese bitcoin fugitive jailed in UK over Ponzi scheme. Zhimin Qian receives 11-year jail term after defrauding thousands of victims out of UK£4.6bn in total. ft.com/content/4b5da1…

AI to ‘dominate next four to five years’ of fraud landscape: UK fraud minister globalgovernmentforum.com/ai-to-dominate…

Bags of cash and a gold toilet: the corruption crisis engulfing Zelenskyy’s government ft.com/content/e244a2…

UK: Gangs buy haulage firms to steal lorryloads of goods bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

UK: Fraud victims 'are being failed' by justice system bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

UK Budget 2025: Rewards for informants of high-value tax fraud. In cases where tax over UK£1.5m recovered, HMRC will pay up to 30% of the additional tax collected. Changes apply with immediate effect. gov.uk/government/pub…

UK Budget 2025:Tackling non-compliance on the high street – Government to establish dedicated small business evasion and enforcement team;deploy 350 HMRC criminal investigators on targeted criminal interventions tackling the most serious fraud and evasion. gov.uk/government/pub…

UK Budget 2025:Tackling rogue directors – Govt to invest UK£25m over next 5 yrs in Insolvency Service staff to disqualify more rogue directors + amend Co Directors Disqualification Act 1986, extending circumstances in which directors can be disqualified. gov.uk/government/pub…