People need to take greater “personal responsibility” to protect themselves against fraudsters, Suella Braverman said.

The Home Secretary highlighted a Government target to reduce fraud by 10% from 2019 levels by the end of 2024, but said that a “culture change” in the public was also needed.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/06/14/people-need-to-take-responsibility-for-protecting-against-fraud-says-braverman/

 Figures show marked falls in conviction rates for fraud cases referred by HMRC and DWP.

More than 2,000 people have been prosecuted on suspicion of defrauding different parts of government over the past four years, but numbers are dropping at government's two biggest departments, according to the Cabinet Office.

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/dwp-hmrc-government-fraud-prosecutions-covid-strikes-blame-chisholm

 Changes are coming for businesses that deal with services that are a high fraud risk, meaning law firms are one of the most affected industries. Following the government’s announcements of the impending ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, the time to prepare is now.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/blog/how-are-you-preparing-for-the-incoming-failure-to-prevent-fraud-offence

 Sports bodies and owners of broadcast rights for sports events should invest in monitoring for illegal streaming and consider the options they have for enforcing their rights against infringers in the context of their commercial objectives, according to experts in dispute resolution and brand protection in the sports sector.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/out-law/news/sports-bodies-have-options-tackling-illegal-streaming

 The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance for employers on how to handle subject access requests (SARs).

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/ico-guidance-subject-access-requests

 The new deputy co-lead of the UK Financial Conduct Authority has warned misbehaving companies that time is up on fraud and the promotion of harmful services.

https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/competition-and-business-crime/18938-fca-vows-crackdown-on-misconduct

 A struggling college student who set himself up as a £300-a-time 'exam cheat for hire' so he could illegally sit driving theory tests on behalf of learner drivers has been jailed.

Olivier Yolo, 27, agreed to fraudulently take theory tests for cash at a series of DVSA centres across the the north of England, including in Bolton and Stockport, for learners who were due to take them feared they would fail.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/dad-to-be-jailed-after-long-running-fraud-at-driving-test-centre-and-told-police-hed-committed-more-crimes-than-they-knew-about/ar-AA1bY4a5

 Five years on from its introduction into law, there is evidence that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has caused a shift in boardroom attitudes to data protection compliance – meeting a core objective of the legislators and regulators that drove reform.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/en-gb/out-law/analysis/business-strategies-gdpr-technological-change

 More than two-thirds of all online shopping scams affecting UK consumers start on Facebook and Instagram, with social media now a “wild west” for fraud, according to one of Britain’s biggest banks.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/28/social-media-sites-wild-west-shopping-uk-bank-facebook-instagram?CMP=share_btn_tw

 UK losses to crypto fraud increased more than 40 per cent over the past year, surpassing £300mn for the first time, according to Britain’s fraud reporting agency.

 https://www.ft.com/content/88602223-004b-4e27-b9eb-c45e1f850f9f