Financial crime
News UK’s Cyber Defence Alliance teams up with Europol to tackle cyber fraud
The UK's Cyber Defence Alliance Limited, a consortium of British-based banks and law enforcement agencies, has signed a Memorandum of …
Threats Authorised push payment scams cost the UK over £236 million in 2017
Authorised push payment scams carried out by cyber criminals helped them steal £236 million from UK consumers in 2017 and …
News HMRC removed over 20,000 malicious websites that targeted taxpayers
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) removed as many as 20,750 malicious websites in the past 12 months to protect taxpayers …
News Europol busts international e-commerce fraud ring, arrests 95 fraudsters
In a significant setback to the multi-nation cyber crime mafia that has been carrying out financial fraud on a large …
News Youngsters more likely to be victimised by financial crimes and scams in the UK
Online financial fraud is victimising more youngsters than older people as the formers' digital activities are usually marred by lax …
Information Security Tax evasion and the new Criminal Finances Act (2017)
Teiss guest blogger Nick Henderson, Course Director at compliance specialist VinciWorks, explains the importance of the new Criminal Finances Act. …
