A mortgage broker who tried to defraud insurance firms of more than £250,000 has been banned by the Financial Services Authority.

A man who defrauded a specialist food firm of 24 tonnes of cheese is given 220 hours of community service.

A man admits defrauding a specialist food firm in Glasgow of 24 tonnes of cheese.

A manhunt with a difference is turning global after a court in Sri Lanka has ordered the police to seek Interpol help to arrest a man in connection with what might have been the largest single cash defraud in the country.

A postmistress from Shropshire is jailed for 18 months after admitting defrauding her employer out of more than £80,000.

Three rogue builders who defrauded 43 elderly home owners out of more than £880,000 are jailed.

A village postmistress admits defrauding the Post Office out of more than £80,000.

A solicitor who died last year defrauded the health service of more than £270,000, the Audit Office finds.

An Egyptian man is sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of people out of about $52m.

A former football chairman who admitted trying to defraud his club of £1,000 is given community service.

Spanish police arrest 87 Nigerians alleged to be in a gang which defrauded at least 1,500 people by letter and e-mail.

Sentence is deferred on a former football chairman who admitted trying to defraud his club of £1,000.

A US watchdog accuses a UK hedge fund of planning to defraud mutual funds and shareholders in the US.

Six people are charged with defrauding the Isle of Wight music festival by selling fake tickets and wristbands.

A revenue officer who defrauded his employers of £120,000 by filling in false tax claim forms is jailed.

Bogus callers are trying to defraud schools and businesses in County Tyrone by pretending to be police officers.

Five men are charged with conspiracy to defraud the Bank of England in connection with a cash machine.

Everyone wants to know more from rogue trader Jerome Kerviel who is blamed for defrauding a French bank of billions.

A trainer and blacksmith accused of trying to defraud gamblers, are no longer to face trial.

Soldiers, thought to be from the Special Air Service, appear at a court martial accused of conspiracy to defraud.