Record number of fraud cases in first half of 2009

Over 160 cases of serious fraud with charges in excess of £100,000 came to UK courts in the first half of this year, according to KPMG Forensic – the highest number of cases in a six month period in the 21 year history of its Fraud Barometer.
The cases had a total value of £636m which, if replicated in the second half of the year, would also lead to the highest value of fraud in the Barometer’s history (currently £1.2bn in 1995). Professional gangs were the most active perpetrators of fraud,..

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