Frauds

Netflix’s Tiger King gripped the nation during lockdown with viewers being divided over their feelings towards Joe Exotic and Carol Baskin. The latest twist in the tale was when a Sheriff came forward to say that he believes Carol Baskin’s husband’s Will was forged.

https://www.trethowans.com/news/what-is-a-fraudulent-will

Over the last few months, we have been presented with more e-commerce and online offerings than ever before. From online shopping to virtual gym classes, the pandemic has accelerated the move towards a fully digital world. Unfortunately, this growing digital presence leads to a rise in cyber-attacks, too, and more specifically, fraud.

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18850/fraud-in-finance-who-can-defend-our-digital-identity

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of money, according to a new survey by the HomeOwners Alliance and DigitalMove.

https://www.whatmortgage.co.uk/news/homebuyers-sellers-putting-risk-fraud-focussing-wrong-things/

More than 11,000 coronavirus-themed scams have been brought to ActionFraud since the start of the lockdown, the Press Association reported, with the most common identified as including a pension-related scam.

https://www.professionaladviser.com/news/4016158/fraud-losses-coronavirus-scams-hit-gbp-mark

Almost £100,000 has been scammed out of people looking for love during lockdown across the West Midlands.

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned an investment adviser who was jailed for three and a half years after pleading guilty to his role in credit card fraud.

Consumers are more worried about the fee conveyancers charge to transfer their money than the risk of it being stolen, research has found at the same time that a solicitor and his practice manager have been jailed for fraud.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/consumers-ignore-conveyancing-fraud-risk-as-solicitor-jailed

Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Edelle Michaels has been appointed as the new head of the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED).

https://colp.mpw.cds.co.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2020/template2/ifed/insurance-fraud-enforcement-department-appoint-new-head-of-department-to-lead-the-fight-against-insurance-fraudsters/

Leicestershire Police has confirmed that a solicitor and his practice manager have both been jailed for their part in an elaborate fraud after they duped a potential house buyer.

https://propertyindustryeye.com/solicitor-and-practice-manager-jailed-for-house-purchase-fraud/

Digital identity platform Nuggets has updated its contactless delivery technology to help retailers tackle fraud and chargebacks.

https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/delivery/nuggets-uses-biometric-delivery-to-combat-fraud.html