Frauds

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

Parents have been warned they could be at risk of identity theft and online fraud by 'sharenting' on social media.

A total of £30,857,329 has been reportedly lost to pension scammers since 2017 according to complaints filed with Action Fraud, says the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator.

A total of £30,857,329 has been reportedly lost to pension scammers since 2017 according to complaints filed with Action Fraud, says the Financial Conduct Authority and The Pensions Regulator.

Identity fraud is big business. In 2019, Cifas, the UK fraud prevention service, recorded 223,163 cases on its National Fraud Database – a staggering increase of 18% on the previous year and the sharpest rise in the last five years.