Co- written by Author & Special Advisor to DDL, JB Beckett (#newfundorder) In the labyrinthian theatre of capital markets, where algorithms hum and narratives collide, the search for alpha has become a war of noise and attrition. Hedge funds, once the avant-garde of financial innovation, now find themselves in a crowded arena of sameness; quants chasing ticks, macros reading tea leaves, and long-short managers parsing balance sheets like sacred texts.

According to a BBC News article published on Thursday, 14th August 2025, a builder accused of defrauding customers of more than £2m denies his business was nothing but a pyramid scheme.

Today Deception Detection Lab and Ayleen Charlotte publish our first in a series of blogs about Romance Fraud. Ayleen highlights a number of linguistic elements used by The Tinder Swindler to gain her confidence and control her.

The Language of Deception: How Words Can Break Us by Ayleen Charlotte  How is it possible that we fall in love through words? That a few carefully chosen sentences can make us feel pressure, trust, fear—or even hand over all our money? The linguistic power behind online scams has always fascinated me.   

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a ‘Tell’ as being ‘an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception’.

True crime podcasts have exploded in popularity and for good reason. They take us into the minds of criminals, through courtroom drama, and behind closed doors of investigations.

In 2023, having purchased Charlie Javice’s company ‘Frank,’ JPMorgan filed a lawsuit alleging that Javice paid a data scientist professor $18,000 to contrive a list of more than 4 million fake student names in order to convince them of its value and to purchase the company for $175 million.

In today's rapidly evolving investigative landscape from law enforcement to finance, banking, and corporate compliance Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly prominent role

When it comes to retelling an event or story, it’s impossible for everyone to tell us everything.

Just Do or Don't Do It 2? Earnings Call

As Sherlock Holmes said to Doctor Watson, ‘You can see everything. You fail however to reason what you see.’

Business Protection and Reputation. We show you how the case of Axed BBC employee Wynne Evans is a useful example of how we can help

Post about Angela Rayner's text re: Sir Kier Starmer

Political Post - MP apologises over WhatsApp Group Comment

Our blog today covers the death of Ellen Greenberg in 2011.

Will Fury hang up his Boxing Gloves forever?

The takeover of the Royal Mail by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky was approved on 15th December 2024.

Nike sued the The Shoe Surgeon in July 2024 and claimed the bespoke shoe designer attempted “to build an entire multifaceted retail empire” using Nike’s trademark rights by creating and selling counterfeit Nike shoes and selling classes that teach consumers how to make their own fake Nike shoes.