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In the dock: developer accused of £56m fraud

14.10.11
On property: Achillea Kallakis appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. Here, the 43-year old property investor is standing trial, accused of defrauding Allied Irish Bank of £56 million... more

German bank executive charged over Bernie Ecclestone bribes

20.07.11
Prosecutors in Munich have charged a former executive at a German bank for allegedly taking bribes from Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in connection with the 2006 sale of the bank's stake in F1... more

Southern Cross wind-up bid sees shares' value wiped out

11.07.11
Some of the City's biggest institutions see the last part of what was a £1.1 billion investment disappear after Southern Cross sets out plans to wind itself up... more

One Hyde Park flat on sale again… with £5m mark-up

31.05.11
One of the first buyers of an apartment at the Candy brothers' One Hyde Park development is seeking to make a £5 million profit by selling it on... more

One Hyde Park sales are close to £1bn barrier, say the Candys

18.04.11
Sales of apartments at the Candy brothers' One Hyde Park complex are set to push through the £1 billion barrier, it was claimed today... more

British pensioner, 85, crosses the Atlantic on a raft

07.04.11
British pensioner has written himself into the history books after successfully crossing the Atlantic on a raft made of pipes ... more

Revealed: Where the despots of the Middle East hide their money in London

18.03.11
You're an exiled Middle Eastern despot who has lost his empire but hung on to his ill-gotten billions. Where next? London, of course, where the tax laws are lax and the living is easy... more

£11m home of Colonel Gaddafi's son might not prove too desirable

07.03.11
It is in one of London's most sought-after areas, but this empty eight-bedroom property is likely to remain unsold for years, even though its owner spends most of his nights in a tent ... more

David Cameron proposes Libya no-fly zone and tells Gaddafi: 'Go now'

28.02.11
David Cameron made an explicit threat of military action against Colonel Gaddafi's dictatorship in Libya... more

Gordon Brown's sister-in-law tackles corruption in Borneo

22.02.11
Can Gordon Brown's sister-in-law and a Borneo tribesman topple the corrupt Sarawak government from a flat in Covent Garden?... more

Cash boost: the price of justice

14.02.11
A cash shell backed by financial titans including "homeless billionaire" Nicolas Berggruen has raises £900 million to fund a major acquisition worth up to £7 billion following strong support from investors... more

Squatters sent packing as they try to 're-house' themselves in £7m home

18.01.11
Squatters evicted from a £10 million house were thwarted by security guards as they tried to invade a second home near 'Billionaires' Row'... more

Spy found in bag 'stabbed to death' days before leaving MI6 for GCHQ

25.08.10
British spy whose body was found in a sports bag in the bath of his London flat had been stabbed to death, it was claimed... more

City doubts Ocado’s prospects ahead of float

16.07.10
Investors deciding whether to buy shares in the flotation of Ocado get fresh food for thought with a barrage of scepticism from City experts... more

‘We can’t move £2,000 a week benefits family until the rules change’

12.07.10
Family of former asylum seekers getting £2,000 a week in housing benefit to live in a £2.1 million Kensington property will be allowed to stay, the Government said... more

British Virgin Islands’ 2012 athletes arrive two years early at camp Stevenage

16.06.10
One of the smallest Olympic nations to compete at London 2012 has set up its training camp in a Hertfordshire village... more

London houses owned overseas beat £1m tax

25.03.10
Hundreds of London’s most expensive homes will escape the new five per cent stamp duty band on properties over £1 million announced in the Budget yesterday by Alistair Darling... more

MPs accused over free holidays

23.03.10
More than 20 MPs broke Commons rules by failing fully to declare luxury trips paid for by foreign governments, it was claimed... more

Bigger penalties on way for the offshore cheats

10.12.09
Offshore tax evaders face even bigger fines once the current amnesty for them to declare their overseas bank accountants runs out on 4 January... more

Notts County threatened with closure

10.11.09
Notts County's parent company will be wound up next week unless a six-figure tax debt is paid... more

Briton flees in passport bungle

10.11.09
British man facing £1.1 million fraud and theft charges fled South Africa on a new UK passport supplied by consular officials... more

Debt to Ferrari highlights crisis in A1 Grand Prix

06.11.09
Struggling motor racing series A1 Grand Prix, which runs cars designed by Ferrari, owes the company almost £5.4million... more

The millionaire, Chester Square and the scandal of London's empty mansions

26.10.09
He's rich enough to retire for good, so why does Mark Guard spend his days with a ragtag band of squatters occupying empty townhouses in some of London's most exclusive districts?... more

Anwar Shafi denies involvement with Notts County

07.10.09
The mystery surrounding Notts County's ownership has deepened following Anwar Shafi's claims that he has nothing to do with the Coca-Cola League Two club... more

'Southyork' left to crumble by buyer who paid over the odds

24.02.09
Questions were being raised over the sale of Prince Andrew's former family home to a mystery Kazakhstani buyer who has allowed it to fall into disrepair... more

£30m squat in Park Lane with the best view in London

22.01.09
Squatters have moved into two seven-storey houses worth £15 million each in Park Lane... more

Case sheds light on bribe ‘blindness’

08.01.09
Scandal: The scale of Aon’s blindness to the likelihood of bribery was staggeringly revealed in one case studied by the FSA... more

Mayfair squatters say come and live at £6.5m house

07.11.08
A group of squatters have taken over a £6.25 million townhouse in Mayfair... more

Did Abramovich steal a £1.2 bn stake in oilfield?

07.11.08
A Scottish businessman, fighting for thousands of British investors, claims the Chelsea owner settled old scores and stoked his £15 billion fortune with an audacious energy scam ... more


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