Frauds

An increase in motor insurance fraud may be related to next year’s whiplash reforms, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has suggested.

https://www.litigationfutures.com/news/motor-fraud-on-the-rise-in-anticipation-of-whiplash-reforms

POLICE have seen a new spike in "extremely convincing and manipulative" fraudsters pretending to be officers.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/18711091.police-warn-new-spike-extremely-convincing-fraud-calls/?ref=twtrec

There were 58,000 fraudulent motor insurance claims in 2019, a rise of six per cent on 2018’s figures

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/motors/2020/09/07/motor-insurance-fraud-up-six-per-cent-in-2019/

Savers' pension pots are more vulnerable since the introduction of the pension freedoms, while £54m of combined savings were targeted by scammers at 13 providers last year alone, the pair said on Monday (7 September).

Rebecca Conway, 40, of Craigmyle Street, submitted guilty pleas regarding two benefits claims over a period of more than a year.

Pension regulators should be given the power to override peoples statutory right to transfer should a suspected scam be reported to them, a think tank has said.

 https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2020/09/07/calls-on-govt-to-change-transfer-rights-to-halt-scams/

Insurers uncovered 300 bogus insurance claims a day last year – the equivalent of one every five minutes – according to new figures. Data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) shows 107,000 fraudulent insurance claims were uncovered by insurers in 2019, with values totalling £1.2 billion.

A man convicted of fraud in January 2019 is finally behind bars after fleeing abroad to evade justice.

An alleged fraud case surrounding the training of Eden Hazard has revealed the true cost of the player’s transfer from Chelsea to Real Madrid, with the west London side potentially banking £143m from the winger’s sale.

https://thefootballfaithful.com/fraud-case-reveals-chelsea-could-bank-143m-from-hazard-transfer/

A DUNFERMLINE woman has admitted a benefits fraud of more than £13,000.

https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/18695601.dunfermline-woman-admits-benefit-fraud-13-000/?ref=twtrec