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FCA investigating 165 Covid-19-related scams
FCA investigating 165 Covid-19-related scams

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating 165 coronavirus-related scams, according to a freedom of information request (FOI) submitted by Parliament Street think tank’s cyber research team.

  • Industry
  • 24 August 2020
Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year
Investment fraud reports surge to more than 8,000 so far this year

More than 8,000 investment fraud reports have been made so far this year, more than double the amount in the same period last year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

  • Investment
  • 15 August 2019
PSIG updates pension scam code with 10 changes
PSIG updates pension scam code with 10 changes

The Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG) has updated its voluntary code of practice to reflect regulatory and legislative changes that have affected the industry over the last year.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 10 June 2019
Fraud report 2019: Are trustees doing enough to protect members?
Fraud report 2019: Are trustees doing enough to protect members?

RSM has unveiled its annual scheme survey, revealing the actions trustees are taking to protect members from fraud. Kim Kaveh looks at the findings.

  • Industry
  • 28 February 2019
Norfolk Pension Fund wins rare US securities fraud class action case
Norfolk Pension Fund wins rare US securities fraud class action case

The Norfolk Pension Fund has been successful as the lead plaintiff in a class action case that went to jury trial in California involving securities fraud.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 February 2019
Two scam victims lose over £1m pension savings each to fraudsters
Two scam victims lose over £1m pension savings each to fraudsters

Two pension scam victims have lost more than £1m in savings each to fraudsters, data from Action Fraud reveals.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 29 January 2019
Fraud initiative saves £144m in two years by preventing pension fraud and error
Fraud initiative saves £144m in two years by preventing pension fraud and error

The government's National Fraud Initiative (NFI) has saved £144.8m over the past two years by helping detect and prevent occupational pension fraud and overpayments.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 31 August 2018
Two scammers jailed after coaxing savers to transfer £1m to fake scheme
Two scammers jailed after coaxing savers to transfer £1m to fake scheme

Two men were sentenced to jail after luring 16 victims into transferring nearly £1m of their pensions into a non-existent occupational scheme in an "elaborate" liberation scam.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 April 2018
Pension fraud report: Trustees more alert to risks but complacency remains
Pension fraud report: Trustees more alert to risks but complacency remains

Trustees are becoming more alert to fraud risks but are still too complacent when it comes to prevention, RSM says.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 01 March 2018
 We must boldly go to avoid a pensions catastrophe
We must boldly go to avoid a pensions catastrophe

Margaret Snowdon says the industry must be more willing to err on the side of caution as the government's solutions will not stop scammers

  • Admin / Technology
  • 19 October 2017
TPR bans three trustees over suspected £9m scam
TPR bans three trustees over suspected £9m scam

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned three people from serving as pension trustees after around £9m was suspected of being scammed from 346 savers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 September 2017
Former adviser jailed for embezzling £1m of client pension funds
Former adviser jailed for embezzling £1m of client pension funds

A former independent financial adviser (IFA) has been jailed for six years after embezzling more than £1m of pension scheme funds to fund his "lavish lifestyle".

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 August 2017
Have your say: Would pensions be worse off without a pensions minister?
Have your say: Would pensions be worse off without a pensions minister?

This week we want to know whether you think pensions would be worse off if the government had never had a specific pensions minister.

  • Industry
  • 04 July 2017
TPR releases anti-scam tools to help savers and trustees
TPR releases anti-scam tools to help savers and trustees

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a series of anti-scam tools to aid savers in spotting scams before they fall victim to them.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 15 March 2017
Empowering trustees is best way to counter fraud
Empowering trustees is best way to counter fraud

Industry believes equipping trustees with the right skills to tackle pension fraud will be more effective than extra legislation.

  • Industry
  • 20 January 2017
Trustees need more help in dealing with pension fraud
Trustees need more help in dealing with pension fraud

Trustees need more support if pension fraud is to be dealt with effectively says Helen Morrissey.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 January 2017
Pensions fraud: Schemes report threefold increase in scams over past year
Pensions fraud: Schemes report threefold increase in scams over past year

Nearly one in three pension schemes has been affected by fraud, with victims experiencing a threefold rise in scams in the last 12 months alone, latest RSM research reveals.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 16 January 2017
Pension fraud losses 25% higher than original estimates
Pension fraud losses 25% higher than original estimates

The amount of savings lost to pension fraudsters in the wake of Freedom and Choice is £2.7m higher than previously thought, new data reveals.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 25 October 2016
UK cannot 'point finger' if it does not tackle economic fraud
UK cannot 'point finger' if it does not tackle economic fraud

Britain cannot lecture other countries if it does not deal with corruption in its own financial system according to the National Crime Agency's (NCA) Nigel Kirby.

  • Industry
  • 21 October 2016
How can trustees protect themselves against cyber criminals?
How can trustees protect themselves against cyber criminals?

From hackers stealing information from Talk Talk to Anthem, Michael Klimes looks at how safe schemes are from cyber criminals

  • Defined Benefit
  • 12 January 2016
The top 20 pensions news articles in 2015: BA ousts trustee chairman, salary sacrifice cuts and transitional rules for AA changes

What were the biggest news stories on Professional Pensions this year? Here's our top 20.

  • Industry
  • 25 December 2015
Director disqualified for 12 years for £26m pension fraud

A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

  • Employee Benefits
  • 23 November 2015
Director disqualified for 12 years for £26m pension fraud

A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 November 2015
Why fraud and money laundering pose a real risk to second-hand annuities

Fraudsters don't stick to just one scam

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 November 2015
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