Financial crime resources

First published: Last updated: 31/01/2025 See all updates

Find publications about our Financial Crime Public Commitment, including news, speeches, podcasts, events and external publications.

News

TitleDate
FCA finds gaps remain in brokers' money laundering defencesJanuary 2025
Final Notice - Arian Financial LLPJanuary 2025
FCA charges John Dance with offences related to WealthTekDecember 2024
Final Notice - Macquarie Bank Ltd, LondonNovember 2024
FCA charges four individuals with fraud offences for failed credit unionNovember 2024
Final Notice - Barclays BankNovember 2024
Final Notice - Metro BankNovember 2024
FCA secures convictions against two individuals for £1.5m fraudNovember 2024
Three individuals and two firms charged over alleged unauthorised business activitiesNovember 2024
Final Notice - Starling BankOctober 2024
Olumide Osunkoya pleads guilty to illegally operating crypto ATM networkSeptember 2024
PwC fined £15 million for failing to alert the FCA to suspected fraudulent activity at London Capital & Finance plcAugust 2024
Individual charged with investment fraud over unauthorised multimillion pound ‘Kube Trading’ schemeApril 2024
Two individuals guilty of making £3m worth of fraudulent mortgage applicationsNovember 2023
FCA fines ADM Investor Services International Limited £6,470,600 for serious financial crime control failingsOctober 2023
FCA launches review of treatment of Politically Exposed PersonsSeptember 2023
The Treasury's cold calling ban consultationAugust 2023
FCA fines Bastion Capital London Limited £2.5m for serious financial control failingsJuly 2023
Individual charged with fraud over unauthorised investment schemeJuly 2023
Three individuals face charges for unauthorised sale-and-rent-back schemesJune 2023
Payment Systems Regulator publication on mandatory reimbursement of APP fraudJune 2023
FCA continues action against unregistered crypto ATMs across the UKMay 2023
Final Notice against David Nicholas KingMay 2023
Andrew and Peter Currie sentenced to a combined 8 years for fleecing consumers through Collateral P2P platformMay 2023
Three individuals convicted and sentenced to a combined 24 and a half years for 'all-or-nothing’ investment fraudApril 2023
Four individuals face fraud chargesApril 2023
OPBAS publishes report on legal and accountancy sector supervisionApril 2023
Al Rayan Bank PLC finedJanuary 2023
Guaranty Trust Bank finedJanuary 2023
Five individuals face conspiracy to commit insider dealing and money laundering chargesJanuary 2023
Santander UK PLC finedDecember 2022
Final Notice against Mohammed Ataur Rahman ProdhanNovember 2022
FCA fines The TJM Partnership Limited (in liquidation) £2 million for serious financial crime control failings in relation to cum-ex tradingJuly 2022
FCA fines insurance broker JLT Specialty Limited £7.8m for financial crime control failingsJune 2022

 

FCA publications

TitleDate
Assessing and reducing the risk of money laundering through the marketsJanuary 2025
Firms' use of the National Fraud Database and money mule account detection toolsJanuary 2025
PS24/17: Financial Crime Guide updatesNovember 2024
AML Supervision by Legal and Accountancy Professional Body SupervisorsSeptember 2024
Treatment of PEPs - multi-firm reviewJuly 2024
Expectations of firms' controls regarding cash-based money laundering through cash deposits via the Post OfficeApril 2023
OPBAS multi-PBS review on Trust and Company Service Provider riskMarch 2023
Dear CEO letter to payments firmsMarch 2023
OPBAS Sourcebook for professional body anti‑money laundering supervisorsJanuary 2023
PS22/10: Strengthening our financial promotion rules for high‑risk investments and firms approving financial promotionsAugust 2022

 

Speeches and podcasts

TitleDate
A targeted and outcomes-based approach to tackling financial crime by Sarah PritchardSeptember 2024
Frameworks for effective fraud prevention measures by Andrea BoweSeptember 2024
Inside FCA Podcast: Fighting fraud and financial crimeAugust 2023
Do the right thing - speech given by Therese ChambersJune 2023
How to change in response to changing threats - speech given by Sarah PritchardMay 2023

Events

TitleDate
FCA webinar archive 
TechSprint with City of London Corporation (COLC) and Smart Data Foundry on Authorised Push Payment (APP) Synthetic Data LaunchSeptember 2023
Authorised Push Payment (APP) Fraud TechSprint September 2022

Campaigns and tools

Title 
5 questions to ask before you invest - InvestSmart 
Be a ScamSmart investor - ScamSmart 
FCA Warning List of unauthorised firms - Warning List 

 

Key external publications

Title
UK Government - Understanding the cyber crime and fraud victim journey
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Guidance to organisations on the offence of failure to prevent fraud
Economic Crime Plan
National Fraud Strategy

 

: Information added Speech given by Steve Smart
: Editorial amendment Reordering lists with most recent updates at top
: Link added News under April 2024
: Information changed Correction: Mr Prodhan received a Final Notice in November 2022, not a fine.

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