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In early August 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Neil Woodford and his investment management firm, Woodford Investment Management (WIM), a combined total of £46 million. Woodford was also banned from holding senior roles in the UK’s Financial Services industry.

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.   

JB Beckett, ex-investment gatekeeper, fund allocator and author of New Fund Order, has entered into an exciting collaborative association with Deception Detection Lab Ltd (DDL), as a Special Adviser.

BBC Radio 4 Moneybox Interview re: Mansion House Reforms

In today's digital landscape, the written word serves as both a bridge for communication and, unfortunately, a veil for those seeking to hide their true identity or intentions.

On 7th July, BBC News posted an article about Raynor Winn, author of ‘The Salt Path’ defending herself against claims she had misled readers.

This is the fourth and final blog in our series of blogs analysing Kingfisher PLC’s Earnings Call Q&A session for their full year results on 25th March 2025. 

This is the third in a small series of blogs analysing Kingfisher PLC’s Earnings Call Q&A session for their full year results on 25th March 2025.

Kingfisher PLC, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, operates in multiple European countries, including the UK, France and Poland. Their stock is the third most shorted in the FTSE 100 with 6.8% of its equity share capital sold short by short sellers.

Kingfisher PLC, the owner of B&Q and Screwfix, operates in multiple European countries, including the UK, France and Poland. Their stock is the third most shorted in the FTSE 100 with 6.8% of its equity share capital sold short by short sellers.

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

In the realm of criminal investigation, words can be as revealing as fingerprints.

In the age of dating apps and digital intimacy, love has never been more accessible or more vulnerable to deception

In a report published by The Guardian Online on 29th May, Manchester United Winger, Amad Diallo is reported to have been seen on social media making an obscene gesture to fans outside the team’s hotel in Kuala Lumpur. He claimed his actions were in response to fans who had insulted his mother.

Today’s blog follows Crystal Palace FC’s recent success in winning the FA Cup Final at Wembley, their first ever major trophy.

Last Saturday night, the current series of Doctor Who came to an end with the Doctor’s character, played by Ncuti Gatwa, regenerating.

On Monday 26th May, a video published on the Sky News website showed Emmanuel Macron, President of France, being pushed in the face by his wife...

On 17th May, the BBC reported that former FBI Director, James Comey, had been interviewed by the US Secret Service.

Potential flaw in Tesla carpet design - whistle-blower loses job

Match of the Day host, Gary Lineker, has ‘apologised unreservedly’ for a social media re-post. 

The £48,000 Masterstroke: How Linguistic Analysis Closed a Francis Bacon Art Deal  In high-stakes negotiation, language reveals far more than numbers.