Tagged as Fraud

Featured Article : HMRC Deploys British AI To Hunt Tax Fraud

Published 20 May 2026

HMRC is handing a British AI company £175 million to help it spot tax fraud, uncover hidden financial networks, reduce costly mistakes, and improve customer service, as pressure mounts over rising complaints, growing complexity, and a £46.8 billion tax gap. Deal With Quantexa The decade-long deal with London-based AI and […]

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Security Stop-Press : Staff Increasingly Relaxed About Workplace Fraud

Published 13 May 2026

New research from Cifas suggests some UK employees are becoming increasingly comfortable with workplace fraud and insider threats. The survey found that 24 per cent believed it was acceptable to secretly work for a competitor, while 13 per cent admitted selling, or knowing someone who had sold, company login details. […]

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Tech Insight : Scammers Using Virtual Smartphones To Slip Past Fraud Checks

Published 7 April 2026

Fraudsters are increasingly using rentable “cloud phones” that look and behave like real smartphones, creating a new problem for banks, fintechs and businesses that have come to trust the device in a customer’s hand. Now Using Cloud Phones According to a recent report by security firm Group-IB, a growing number […]

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Tech News : Scam Surge Disproportionately Hits London

Published 24 March 2026

Londoners are being disproportionately targeted by online fraudsters, with police warning that technology is allowing scams to scale rapidly while making criminals harder to detect. Why London Is Being Targeted Evidence presented to the London Assembly highlights the scale of the issue. Fraud now accounts for around 41 per cent […]

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