Banks and building societies will stop accepting cheques made payable to themselves in a bid to cut £46million in fraud. From October, a person's name must be on the cheque too.

In an era increasingly defined by real-time payments, the paper cheque may seem like an outdated way to exchange money for goods and services. But while the trend for this form of payment has waned in ...

A LANDLORD has been sentenced after admitting fraudulently cashing housing benefit cheques. Danny Moyse, who owns a property in Carlton Parade, Orpington, had received housing benefit cheques as rent ...

CHEQUE fraud is set to rise as the roll-out of chip and PIN continues to tighten security for card users, according to a report. The Association for Payment Clearing Services (Apacs) said historically ...

A NEW thumbprint scheme aimed at tackling cheque and credit card fraud in shops and other outlets was launched today. A NEW thumbprint scheme aimed at tackling cheque and credit card fraud in shops ...

A pregnant woman has been jailed after admitting a cheque fraud offence. Kelly-Marie Haynes, 26, admitted trying to cash a cheque while serving a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, for ...

FOUR people have been arrested in Scotland in connection with one of the UK's biggest-ever cheque fraud schemes. Police raided properties as part of a UK-wide operation to smash a counterfeiting ...

A man who tried to buy a hotel through a cheque fraud scheme has been jailed for five years. Christopher Peach was the manager at the time of the Black Lion in Ellesmere, Shropshire, the Crown ...

A THIEF cashed two of his father's Giro cheques, but was rumbled when he tried it a third time, a court heard. Burnley Magistrates were told how Andrew Roger Leonard, 32, was caught after police ...

A woman has denied stealing more than £32,000 from a wealthy pensioner in a care home. Elizabeth Barfoot told a court that frail Marjorie Guy was disgusted that she would have to pay death duty after ...

Police today issued stills from CCTV footage in connection with a cheque fraud in Wantage. The suspect entered Rowes Newsmarket in Wallingford Street, Wantage, on three occasions on November 18, ...

Police have arrested 35 people over a multi-million pound cheque book scam. Up to 400 officers carried out raids on Tuesday at 36 addresses across London, Surrey, Kent, Cambridgeshire, West Midlands, ...