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Episode 77 – UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2024: Enforcement Against Individuals
In 2023, the FCA brought more charges for fraud offences against individuals than any other year in the regulator's history, and secured several convictions related to fraudulent investment schemes. Yet while the FCA has signaled that economic crime is on its radar, recent years have been defined by relative inactivity, as the higher burden of proof for criminal convictions has resulted in fewer opened enforcement cases and extended investigations. Still, with new leadership appointments to the market oversight team and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK Serious Fraud Office…
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