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Project which helps young people to receive £20m seized from criminals

A scheme which invests money seized from criminals into projects which help young people and communities affected by crime will pay out up to £20 million over the next three years. The Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities scheme uses money ...

20 Jun 2022 at 11:34

Notorious British fraudster freed from Spanish jail, court told

A notorious British fraudster who was jailed in the UK after conning an ex-girlfriend out of £300,000 has been released from a Spanish prison, a court has heard. Mark Acklom was extradited to Spain two years ago after being freed from a near ...

10 Aug 2023 at 11:36

Romance fraudster jailed for conning three women out of more than £200,000

A romance fraudster who conned three women out of more than £200,000 has been jailed for five years and four months. Sajad Hussain, 45, of Haydon End, Swindon, Wiltshire, pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud relating to a seven-year ...

08 Jun 2023 at 14:57

Crooked bookkeeper jailed for £1 million pharmacy fraud

A bookkeeper who stole more than £1.3 million from his friend and employer and spent it on luxury holidays, designer goods and home renovations has been jailed for nearly six years, police said. Darren Mackenzie worked for his friend ...

02 Dec 2022 at 17:11

Victims let down by ‘ineffective’ system to recover proceeds of crime – report

Victims are being let down by an “ineffective” system which has failed to retrieve billions of pounds from criminals, a review has found. The Law Commission called for a complete overhaul of the procedures used to recover the ...

09 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Stephen Bear pays back £22,305 illegally earned from sharing sex tape

Former Celebrity Big Brother winner Stephen Bear has repaid the £22,305 that he illegally earned by sharing a private sex tape of him and reality TV star Georgia Harrison online, after a judge made a confiscation order for ...

04 Jun 2024 at 12:29

Lord Sugar thanks police after burglar’s daughters ordered to compensate victims

Lord Sugar has thanked Essex Police after the daughters of a serial burglar who targeted his home were ordered to pay almost £100,000 back to their father’s victims. David Buisson stole mostly cash and jewellery from ...

04 Jul 2024 at 11:28

Crime and Courts

CAB officers swoop on a number of Limerick homes

CRIMINAL Assets Bureau (CAB) officers swooped on a number of homes in the King’s Island area of the city, Limerick Live has learned. The bureau’s statutory remit is to carry out investigations into the suspected ...

28 Feb 2025 at 10:33

Scotland

‘Inspiring’ scheme helping youngsters funded with £26m seized from criminals

Up to £26 million over the next three years will go to an “inspiring” scheme which uses cash seized from criminals to provide “life-changing opportunities” for youngsters. Community safety minister Siobhian ...

22 May 2025 at 11:10

Former Co-op Bank boss ordered to pay £184,000 or face more jail

Disgraced former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers has been ordered by a judge to pay back £184,000 he stole from an elderly spinster. Flowers, 75, had betrayed his friend of many years, Margaret ...

24 Sept 2025 at 16:37

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