Conmen are fleecing Londoners out of nearly £3 million a month in a range of sophisticated investment scams, a senior police officer warned today. Thousands of people are falling victim to cons involving speculating in goods ranging from rare metals and wine to property and alternative energy. Det Supt Jayne…
Third Party Supply Chain- The New Attack Perimeter As technology becomes more tightly integrated with traditional manufacturing processes, OEM components and capital equipment are vulnerable to intrusion. Ultimately, companies that rely on suppliers to secure their own products are falling behind the regulatory and reputational curve. Security is front…
What are the security requirements and challenges of implementing top-of-the-range technology into a 19th century grade I listed building? For episode two of Protecting London we headed to the world-famous Royal Albert Hall and talk to Amanda Squires, Director of Operations, about security measures required at some of the most…
Detectives spurn fraud because it is not as ‘sexy’ as other crimes, official study suggests, as it reveals the scale of crime is far higher than previously thought Criminals requiring only “limited technical knowledge” to operate hugely lucrative cons. The true scale of crime in Britain is far higher than…
Bank asks clients to prove ID in attempt to avoid further accusations of helping tax avoidance after scandal involving its Swiss arm. HSBC is contacting thousands of holders of Jersey accounts who live in the UK as part of efforts to avoid accusations it is helping to shelter money from…
Police have smashed a massive timeshare fraud in Spain which duped more than 500 British victims out of thousands of pounds. Sixty people, 56 Brits, have been arrested in raids on the Costa del Sol. Police say the fraudsters targeted victims, mostly British pensioners, through cold callers who offered them…
Businessman chased through a vineyard and shot dead by his partner after a dispute over money turned deadly. It sounds more like a Hollywood movie than a sunny afternoon in pristine Napa Valley – a man, shot once already, runs through a vineyard screaming for help on his cellphone while…
A former trader at Dutch lender Rabobank has become the first trader banned from the British financial services industry over Libor interest rate rigging after he was convicted of fraud in the United States. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Tuesday that Paul Robson, who last year pleaded guilty…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Andrew Cooke and Maura McIntosh United Kingdom February 11 2015 Andrew Cooke Maura McIntosh In a recent decision, the High Court held that legal advice taken in relation to certain transactions was not protected by privilege, as there was prima facie evidence that the purpose of the advice…
Like so many others at the time, Giorgio Medici was involved in a variety of real estate ventures when the 2008 tsunami wiped out that market. Sued numerous times, by November of 2010, Medici owed in excess of $10 million in judgments and had lost his home to foreclosure. To…