Wealth manager trade body PIMFA has warned members about a fraudster who has been impersonating a member of staff and contacting members.

Two fraudsters who conned a man out of £5,000 in a bitcoin scam have been sentenced.

Over 20 million people have been targeted by financial scammers, or know people who have been, in the past year, according to new research.

Two men - Paul Seakens and Luke Ryan - have been convicted of a £2m carbon credit investment fraud after a BBC TV probe and an eight year investigation by City of London Police.