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Who were Mike Lynch and Hannah Lynch? Father and daughter found in Bayesian yacht wreck

Who were Mike Lynch and Hannah Lynch? Father and daughter found in Bayesian yacht wreck

Business
Robert Johnson

In a last-minute gambit, Mr Lynch had taken to the witness stand to defend his record, denying he had been the “driving ...

Turkey’s biggest crypto exchange BtcTurk hacked

Turkey’s biggest crypto exchange BtcTurk hacked

Business
Robert Johnson

Cryptocurrency use in Turkey started to increase rapidly after 2020 as a defence against a deep slide in the value of the ...

Married couple charged after restaurant posts ‘dine and dash’ incident on Facebook

Married couple charged after restaurant posts ‘dine and dash’ incident on Facebook

Business
Robert Johnson

A married couple have been charged over an alleged string of “dine and dash” incidents where restaurants were left hundreds of pounds ...

Brazilian woman wheels dead uncle into bank to sign a loan

Brazilian woman wheels dead uncle into bank to sign a loan

World
Emily Foster

Brazilian police have arrested a woman who wheeled a dead man she claimed was her uncle into a bank to have him ...

Gang of five Bulgarians plundered £54 MILLION off UK taxpayers in fake ID scheme to fund life of luxury, frolicking in banknotes and buying watches, clothes and fast cars… but now face YEARS in jail

Gang of five Bulgarians plundered £54 MILLION off UK taxpayers in fake ID scheme to fund life of luxury, frolicking in banknotes and buying watches, clothes and fast cars… but now face YEARS in jail

U.K.
William Turner

By Eirian Jane Prosser and George Odling Crime Correspondent 00:07 10 Apr 2024, updated 01:55 10 Apr 2024 A gang of five ...

Royal Mail investigating barcode stamps after customers hit with fines

Royal Mail investigating barcode stamps after customers hit with fines

Business
Robert Johnson

Previously traditional stamps were delivered to a sorting office where they were stamped with ink to show they had been used. However ...

How Britain’s ‘revolutionary’ benefit left taxpayers with an £11bn fraud bill

How Britain’s ‘revolutionary’ benefit left taxpayers with an £11bn fraud bill

Business
Robert Johnson

The DWP’s report said: “Claimants are required to declare evidence to the Universal Credit service and are directed to keep the evidence.  ...

Epstein’s lawyer goes to war to keep ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ out of prison

Epstein’s lawyer goes to war to keep ‘Britain’s Bill Gates’ out of prison

Business
Robert Johnson

The company’s founder has spent the last decade denying wrongdoing. Both he and Chamberlain have pleaded not guilty. Lynch argues that HP’s ...

Millions of pensioners could face bank account inspections

Millions of pensioners could face bank account inspections

Business
Robert Johnson

Sir Stephen Timms, chair of the work and pensions committee, warned that ministers had failed to make a convincing case for why ...

Cowboy builder Lawrence Martin jailed for five years

Cowboy builder Lawrence Martin jailed for five years

Business
Robert Johnson

One couple, from Alresford, near Winchester, lost £48,794 and had to spend a further £40,000 fixing poor building work carried out by ...