LoginSpecial Report: Scams and the City
Sophisticated boiler room operations are scamming UK consumers out of millions.
Posted 06 August 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Crime|London
ANALYSIS: Cold-calling restrictions on pension products were only the beginning. With investment fraud evolving into cryptocurrencies and other high-risk schemes, this special report examines why trading standards wants tougher protections across the entire investment sector.
At the beginning of this year, the Government made it illegal to make unwanted or unsolicited calls to people regarding pensions – with offenders facing fines into the millions of pounds.
But with investment fraud rampant across the United Kingdom, it’s been argued the rule change doesn’t go far enough.
Steve Playle, CTSI Lead Officer and Trading Standards Manager at the City of Lon...
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