Experience shows that corporate fraud rises when the financial going gets tough, and lawyers are already seeing an increase in cases of fraud and battles to recover losses.
You don't have to go far to find someone who has received a call or email from someone impersonating a trusted organisation in a bid to scam them.
The individuals responsible for making these calls are often based out-with the UK and represent their own problem. But perhaps more troubling is the increase in frauds committed by companies set up and established in the UK.