Aug
2009
Articles from 11th Aug 2009
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A BOGUS charity collector who pocketed nearly £350,000 from street collections which he said were for disadvantaged children has been jailed for four and a half years.
Aug 11 2009 | Birmingham News
Mark Tennant, aged 44, took the cash from well-wishers who thought they were donating to a charity that helped severely disadvantaged, terminally ill and disabled children. Tennant, of Jiggins Lane, Bartley Green, who was described in court as “deeply religious”, admitted five charges of obtaining money by deception, two of fraud and one count of concealing criminal property. Read
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THE Phoenix Four were today set to hear whether a full scale criminal inquiry would be held into the collapse of Longbridge amid claims the Serious Fraud Office had dropped the case.
Aug 11 2009 | Birmingham News
Ex-chairman John Towers and other former bosses of MG Rover were due to find out whether the failed firm could be subject to a criminal investigation. But two reports speculated that a major fraud investigation had been ruled out by the SFO. Read
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THE Phoenix Four were today set to hear whether a full scale criminal inquiry would be held into the collapse of Longbridge amid claims the Serious Fraud Office had dropped the case.
Aug 11 2009 | Birmingham News
Ex-chairman John Towers and other former bosses of MG Rover were due to find out whether the failed firm could be subject to a criminal investigation. But two reports speculated that a major fraud investigation had been ruled out by the SFO. Read
