Frauds

A FRAUDSTER fleeced his girlfriends of tens of thousands of pounds, a court heard three years ago.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/regional/18324991.crime-files-fraudster-jailed-fleecing-girlfriends-tens-thousands-pounds/?ref=twtrec

Syedur Rahman of Rahman Ravelli outlines push payment fraud and the value of pursuing injunctions in such cases.

https://www.rahmanravelli.co.uk/articles/tackling-push-payment-fraud/

FRAUDSTERS have been targeting elderly and vulnerable people self-isolating due to coronavirus.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/regional/18319038.scam-targets-elderly-virus-pandemic/?ref=twtrec

Losses from bank transfer fraud soared to £456m last year, despite dozens of banks signing up to a code to protect their customers from these type of scams.

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/03/bank-transfer-fraud-losses-soar-to-almost-500m-in-2019/

In total, these advances are worth an estimated £100-£150 million, a report by the spending watchdog has indicated.

https://scottishhousingnews.com/article/universal-credit-claimants-suspected-of-150m-advances-fraud

There have been 105 cases of Covid-19-related fraud cases reported to Action Fraud since February 1 2020, and total losses of around £970,000.

https://www.professionaladviser.com/news/4012824/coronavirus-related-fraud-causes-losses-gbp970

A man has been imprisoned after he claimed to have been a resident of Grenfell Tower to defraud a London council of nearly £32,000.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/03/21/grenfell-resident-impersonator-jailed-for-32000-fraud/

Consumer watchdog Which? is calling on the Government to force all banks to adopt Confirmation of Payee, as new figures show over £1 billion has been lost to authorised push payment (APP) scams over the past three years.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/35471/which-calls-for-government-action-on-app-fraud-as-losses-spiral

Europol has supported two separate law enforcement operations that have smashed and arrested members of a SIM card fraud ring that has stolen millions from bank accounts in the last two years.

https://www.cbronline.com/news/europol-helps-smash-sim-card-fraud

A man has been sentenced after CCTV caught him purposely banging his knee five times on a paving stone in order to make a fake injury claim. When he’d spotted the camera, he started to hop on one leg in an attempt to authenticate his injury.