Scams
High court shuts down UK art investment firms
They ‘were used as part of a cynical scam targeting members of the public’
South African fraudster jailed for seven years
After he scammed clients out of more than ZAR12m over a six-year period
FSCS and UK Serious Fraud Office join forces to fight scams
Government body will be given data on fraudulent investment schemes and the advisers promoting them
Over £650m lost to investment scams in a year
Weak economy and low interest rates gave criminals opportunity to defraud victims
FCA scam warnings increase over 300% in five years
As clone firm cases make up half of watchdog fraud alerts