Investment Scams
New Capital Link: Fake Offices and False Impressions
For many months, we’ve been writing about New Capital Link (NCL), a London-based company that promotes unregulated investment schemes. So far, our articles have examined many different elements of the New Capital Link story, including: Individually, these pieces might easily be dismissed as noise or coincidence, but together they form a pattern. And then, in…
Read MoreCompanies House: New Director ID Rules Target Fraudsters
In an effort to reduce the number of faceless and fraudulent UK business owners, from November 2025, all company directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) will be required to verify their ID at Companies House. Under the requirements introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, the UK company register is set…
Read MoreFCA and FSCS: “Investors should do more research”
A survey by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that many investors avoid doing due diligence because they found the process “complicated” and “time consuming.” According to the results of the study, 42% of Britons aged 18 to 24, who have money in investments, claim their latest investment was…
Read MoreBeware the professional enabler
A lawyer, finance expert, or some other professional who acts as an enabler of an economic crime is referred to as a professional enabler. These are the people who will create, ignore, fail to identify, and purposely facilitate an economic crime or criminal system. In most cases, we only see the ‘face’ of the crime.…
Read MoreDirector disqualification for dodgy wine dealer
Earlier this month, former wine investor William Geoffrey Mason received a 10-year company director disqualification. An Insolvency Service investigation found that Mason, 54, “abused” hundreds of thousands of pounds investors paid his company. Between 2001 and 2019, Mason’s business, William Mason Fine Wines (WMFW), received more than £445,000 in payments from investors. However, investigators concluded…
Read MoreConsumers warned over pre-paid energy scams
Britain’s leading fraud prevention service, Cifas, has warned gas and electricity customers to avoid pre-paid energy scams disguised as discounted offers. The scams have already affected over 188,000 victims, including British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, Scottish Power, and SSE customers. It’s no secret the cost of living is increasing at a startling rate. Many UK…
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