An investment fund that says it is the victim of a €45 million ($52 million) fraud secured a court order on Friday for HSBC to provide it with information on the alleged scammers' frozen bank accounts.
An investment fund that says it is the victim of a €45 million ($52 million) fraud secured a court order on Friday for HSBC to provide it with information on the alleged scammers' frozen bank accounts.
The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it had fined Paul Taylor, the former chief executive of Blue Horizon, £489,000 ($662,000) and banned him from working in finance after he made false statements as he sought to buy a bank and a football club.
A tribunal has ruled that the Financial Ombudsman Service may withhold confidential information it received from the Co-operative Bank during an investigation into a disgruntled bank customer's complaint and subsequent information request.
A solicitor who was struck off for misconduct including practicing without valid insurance asked a disciplinary tribunal on Friday to readmit him to the profession, arguing that he "unequivocally" accepts his sanction and is genuinely remorseful.
European prosecutors said that Romanian authorities carried out 19 searches as part of an investigation into suspected procurement fraud involving €7 million ($8.1 million) in European Union-funded IT projects.
A police sergeant fired for gross misconduct has partly won his case against his former force after a Welsh employment tribunal found that he was punished for raising a formal grievance.
The past week in London has seen newly signed Real Madrid footballer Yan Diomandé sued over access to his image rights, Nigel Farage and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice accuse the NCA of leaking confidential financial information, and a right-wing American journalist hit The Guardian with a libel claim.
