Frauds

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

Fraudsters are posing as nurses on dating sites as they try to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2020-05-21/fraudsters-pose-as-nurses-on-dating-sites-as-coronavirus-scams-soar/

Key workers have been warned to be on the lookout for fraudulent insurance deals after a man was accused of deliberately targeting NHS staff as part of an alleged car insurance scam.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/cars/insurance-fraudsters-accused-targeting-nhs-staff-online-scam-2870635

A victim of fraud who took on HSBC after being told she might never see her money again has received a full refund.

A man was arrested yesterday by the City of London Police for acting as a ‘ghost broker’, selling fraudulent car insurance, and recently offering the same to NHS workers at a discount.

https://colp.mpw.cds.co.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2020/Template/ifed/man-offers-discount-to-nhs-workers-on-fake-car-insurance/