A serial shoplifter, who defrauded retailers of more than £500,000 when she returned items that she never actually purchased, has been sentenced for multiple counts of fraud and other offences.

Narinder Kaur, also known as Nina Tiara, 53, of Chosen Hill, Cleverton, was sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court today (30 July 2024) to 10 years' imprisonment for 26 counts on the indictment which included fraud, possessing and transferring criminal property and perverting the course of justice.

Two businessmen from Yorkshire have been sentenced for tax evasion of over £3.2 million, after they set up offshore companies to hide large profits from a land sale.

Brothers Michael Hirst, 54, from Wakefield, and Stephen Hirst, 61, from Bridlington, both pleaded guilty to cheating the public revenue and were sentenced today at Leeds Crown Court.

An entrepreneur was sentenced today (20 September 2024) for fraudulently obtaining a COVID-19 Bounce Bank Loans to a value of £50,000.

Gerald Smith, 69, was found guilty of two counts related to fraud and concealing criminal property or concealing the use of money and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Southwark Crown Court .

On one occasion, Smith submitted a fraudulent application for the loan. On one application, he claimed he needed the money to help his business and succeeded in obtaining a £50,000 loan. Once received, he used the funds for his personal use. 

A woman who gave false information and lied about her qualifications when applying and interviewing for a job as a senior nurse at a Welsh neonatal unit has been found guilty today of fraud. 

Following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court, Tanya Nasir, 45, from Hertfordshire, was found guilty of nine charges, including fraud, using a false instrument with intent, possession of articles for use in fraud, and securing unauthorised access to computer material with intent.