More than £2.6bn has been stolen through investment fraud in the UK since the start of 2020, according to new research by the Pensions Management Institute (PMI).

Leeds-based finance firm boss Francis Wainwright has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting running a £20m Ponzi scheme which cheated elderly and vulnerable investors.

City of London Police have launched an international manhunt for a "career criminal" who ran a Ponzi-style investment scheme which cheated £70m from victims.

A former boss of a City of London foreign exchange company has been found guilty of a £70m Ponzi-style foreign exchange investment fraud.