Benefits claimants could be asked to open their bank accounts to the government as part of a bid to crack down on fraud in ...

A pensioner in Darwen was scammed out of £4,000 after "callous" fraudsters convinced him to hand over his bank cards ...

Ministers are examining proposals to grant banks access to all of the accounts of benefit claimants, as they try to crack down on fraud to fix a “gaping hole” in the UK welfare system.

A Llechryd woman who committed fraud by impersonating a woman to withdraw more than £1,000 in cash from a bank in Cardigan ...

Cleveland Police made six arrests on a day of action targeting fraud and economic crime. Officers executed warrants at properties in Stockton, Guisborough, Middlesbrough and Norton on Thursday, ...

High court clears businessman of conspiracy in ‘trial of the century’ but insists Holy See was ‘utterly let down’ ...

DWP is set to enter bank accounts and seize cash if a fraud alert is triggered - amdi fears fraud is costing taxpayers around ...

Consumers and small businesses have widely embraced instant payments. In the UK, Faster Payments is growing at 15% annually and set to overtake BACS. Larger businesses are slower adopters, ...

Digital scams have taken on new forms that outsmart old defences. One alarming method is known as deepfake, where ...

TSB closed 28 sites in September last year and now more and more branches are set to shutter their doors for goods within a ...

The DWP has confirmed the exact amounts that could trigger a fraud alert when benefit claimants are monitored under a new ...