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17.08.2009 - Dubai Collapse Leads to Increase in Claims

The collapse of Dubai’s once-booming construction industry has created a backlog of legal claims totalling almost £3 billion. This has created huge demand for forensic accountants and legal experts to assist in investigating these claims.Disputes over unfinished contracts and outstanding pay

City regulators have quadrupled the size of the investigation team looking at Ponzi frauds after a large increase in the number of cases.The FSA that it had recorded a 190 per cent rise in intelligence reports of “illegal deposit-taking” since last year, much of it Ponzi-style frauds of the type tha

A surge in the complexity and the number of investment scams pushed the value of UK fraud prosecutions to a record level in the first half of 2009. Seventeen fraudulent investment schemes, amounting to £321 million in all, were prosecuted in UK courts between January and June. The scams helped to i

Forensic accountants are investigating irregularities at the London Development Agency after discovering a £100 million hole in its 2012 Olympics accounts.They have been asked to find the source of the discrepancy, which was unearthed during a routine audit.Two senior members of staff at the agency,

30.06.2009 - Madoff Sentenced To 150 Years

A judge yesterday sentenced Bernard Madoff to the maximum term of 150 years in prison for the biggest fraud in the history of Wall Street.Madoff's victims who were in the courtroom broke into applause when they learnt that the former Nasdaq chairman, whose firm once accounted for 10 per cent of the

A divorcing wife who made legal history when she was awarded a £250,000-a-year payout from her husband has won a 40 per cent increase in her maintenance payments.Julia McFarlane, 49, who separated from her husband Kenneth in 2000, will receive £350,000 a year even her needs have been put at £150,000

A woman has won £220,000 in a ground-breaking divorce settlement — 22 years after separating from her husband. They were married only four years before they split up but they never formally divorced. The woman decided to bring her claim after learning that her husband had secured a windfall by

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the UK’s largest representative body for the accounting profession, has recruited 20 senior accountants, including forensic accountants, and also lawyers to mediate high-value disputes involving FTSE 250-level compani

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of America's biggest mortgage lender, with fraud and insider trading. The former chief operating officer and the company's former chief financial officer have also been charged with fraud. Mr Moz

The head officer leading the national drive against economic crime has said that fraud is increasing during the current recession and must be made a police priority. The number of reported frauds rose by 64 per cent during the past financial year, with people from all walks of life falling victim

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