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Other types of prosecuted corporate fraud include fraudulent trading, where a company carries on a business for any fraudulent purposes. [39] An example of a successful SFO prosecution for fraudulent trading is the InterGB group, the collective name for a number of companies that, between 1996 and 2000, extracted more than £85 million from ...
Action Fraud is the UK's national fraud reporting service, run by a private sector company for the NFA. Action Fraud provides information and advice about fraud, as well as a service to report fraud. British citizens can report fraud on the Action Fraud website (including forwarding scam emails for inspection) or by telephone.
The company's finance directors concealed large debts. MG Rover Group: United Kingdom: 15 April 2005: Automobiles: After diminishing demand, and getting a £6.5m loan from the UK government in April 2005, the company went into administration. After the loss of 30,000 jobs, Nanjing Automobile Group bought the company's assets. Bayou Hedge Fund Group
Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...
The Fraud Act 2006 (c 35) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which affects England and Wales and Northern Ireland. It was given royal assent on 8 November 2006, and came into effect on 15 January 2007.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought enforcement actions against corporations for many types of fraudulent financial reporting, including improper revenue recognition, period-end stuffing, fraudulent post-closing entries, improper asset valuations, and misleading non-GAAP financial measures.
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
Action Fraud, sometimes stylised ActionFraud, [10] is the UK's national reporting service for fraud and financially motivated cyber crime. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It was transferred to the City of London Police after the National Fraud Authority was closed in March 2014.