Fraud Newsletter
July 2026
Compiled by Faras Baloch, Andrew Herd, Francesca Kirby. & Katie Bacon
Cases
Osmond [2026] EWCA Crim 979: Solicitor who “tipped off” client following request for information by SFO in its ENRC investigation refused leave to appeal conviction. First case about the tipping off provisions in s. 333A(3) POCA 2002.
NCA v Chameleon Capital Holdings Ltd & Ors [2026] EWHC 1745 (Admin): Dubai company, refused applications to be joined as party, to receive notice of applications & obtain disclosure in UWO proceedings.
Bills, Statutes & SIs
Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2026 (introduce new standard licence condition relating to passport disclosure and control) 7 Jul 26
Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition (Amendment) Order 2026 (adjusts period of monitoring to align with the end of probation supervision) 7 Jul 26
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026 (includes amendments relating to SCPOs on acquittal, deferred sentences, attendance at sentencing hearings & time period for AG Refs) 2 Jul 26
Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026 (includes amendments to drug testing, RAR, community requirements & licence conditions) 1 Jul 26
Guidance, Reports & Consultations
Guide to Confiscation Provisions in Crime and Policing Act 2026: Richard Beynon (RLC): 24 Jul 26
Navigating s.250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026, and its implications for companies, directors, senior managers, and compliance teams: Discussion at RLC with Tom Forster KC, Victoria Fitzpatrick (SFO), Francis Bond (Macfarlanes) and others: 23 Jul 26
UK FATF Mutual Evaluation Taskforce: Second Meeting Report RUSI: 23 Jul 26
Live Corporate Criminal Offences Investigations [FOI request] gov.uk: 21 Jul 26
Targeted Report on Regulatory Challenges from Decentralised Finance (DeFi) FATF: 21 Jul 26
Judicial Response to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts 17 Jul 26
Virtual Assets: Targeted Update on Implementation of the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers FATF: 15 Jul 26
Unauthorised fraud in the UK call for evidence HO: 15 Jul 26
National Security and Investment Act 2021 Annual Report 2025-2026 CO: 14 Jul 26
Fraud in the Digital Age - Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences 14 Jul 26
Anti-money laundering guidance for supervised businesses (emphasis on tailoring AML controls to the business not seen as an admin exercise) HMRC: 8 Jul 26
Practice Direction on Listing in the Criminal Courts (prioritisation based on the human impact of delay & ensuring fairness) 6 Jul 26
LCJ Guidance on Live Links in Criminal Courts (to be implemented by 1 Oct) 6 Jul 26
Guidance - POCA 2002 Part 2: criminal confiscation regime HO: 29 Jun 26
News
Burnham hints at dumping jury trial curbs LSG: 31 July 26
Disgraced funeral boss who failed to bury bodies jailed for 20 years BBC: 31 Jul 26
Ex political advisor admits fraud over expense claims BBC: 27 Jul 26
Man jailed for five years over £2.4m company fraud BBC: 25 Jul 26
NHS fraudster who lied about Oxford degree jailed BBC: 24 Jul 26
Alex Norris appointed Lord Chancellor/ Ellie Reeves appointed Attorney General/ Andy Slaughter appointed Solicitor General LSG & City AM: 22 Jul 26
Fraudster jailed over £11.5m scam targeting elderly BBC: 17 Jul 26
UK acquittal of former Nigerian oil minister Alison-Madueke is no answer to wider corruption allegations Spotlight: 17 Jul 26
Men who stole more than £4 million of crypto are jailed Met: 16 Jul 26
Sixth arrest made in election fraud investigation BBC: 14 Jul 26
Covid-19 Inquiry reveals scale of UK pandemic PPE procurement failure Spotlight: 14 Jul 26
Fraudster who tried to claim Grenfell funds jailed BBC: 10 Jul 26
Three held in £1m university fraud investigation BBC: 8 Jul 26
Met launches fraud inquiry into collapsed jeweller Vashi Times [paywall]: 7 Jul 26
The financial adviser who conned £2m out of his friends and neighbours BBC: 4 Jul 26
Dubai-based investment firm claims victim status in £30 million dirty money case Spotlight: 2 Jul 26
Law firm’s financial head banned amid fraud probe BBC: 1 Jul 26
Medical supplies fraudsters guilty of £279,00 con BBC: 1 Jul 26
SFO
SFO Annual Reports and Accounts [£107 m budget/ 40 open criminal cases/ 14 suspects arrested / 4 years average length of investigation]: 16 Jul 26
No charges brought as £140m Signature Group fraud case concludes Place North West: 3 July 26
CPS
Former dentist who defrauded NHS out of more than £92,500 found guilty CPS: 7 Jul 26
FCA
FCA secures majority of victims’ money back from convicted fraudster FCA: 27 Jul 27
FCA charges individual with insider dealing FCA: 8 Jul 26
NCA
Two sentenced for hacking Transport for London in UK’s biggest ever cyber crime case NCA: 16 Jul 26
Insolvency Service
Insolvency Service returns £42.7 million to the economy and strengthens action against financial wrongdoing IS: 14 Jul 26
Derby builder who wrecked victims’ homes jailed for fraudulent trading IS: 2 Jul 26
Europe
EU Prosecutor Raids Far-Right European Parliament Group Over Alleged Fraud OCCRP: 1 Jul 26
US
Lab Owner Suspected of $547 Million Medicare Fraud Extradited to The United States OCCRP: 24 Jul 26
Beyond
Whose Job is it to Protect the International Financial System? RUSI: 24 Jul 26
China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes BBC: 7 Jul 26
A safe place to spend, a hard place to prosecute: The London corruption trial of Alison-Madueke in global perspective Spotlight: 3 Jul 26
The Changing Face of Organised Crime RUSI: 2 Jul 26