Blogs 

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.

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.   

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.

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

Will Fury hang up his Boxing Gloves forever?

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.