Frauds

A Wolverhampton man accused of wrongly charging customers third party fees has appeared in court on fraud allegations.

A conwoman who operated an online property fraud, advertising rental homes she did not own, has returned to the UK after two years on the run.

Watchdog reports alarming growth in "authorised push payment" bank fraud cases

AN Indian man has been jailed along with four gang-members for  over 30 years in an online fraud case involving a £10-million payment diversion scam.

Evidence obtained by the Guardian found that online tickets platform Viagogo provides a set of tools that could make it easier for people to commit fraud and speculative selling.

A FORMER NHS worker cheated £10,000 in benefits by lying about the extent of her mobility issues.

The two British ticket touts found guilty of fraud earlier this month have been sentenced for a total of six-and-a-half years in jail, a ruling that has been dubbed an “important milestone” by the government agency that pursued the criminal case against them.

Two internet touts who re-sold tickets worth millions of pounds to high profile events like Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift concerts could be jailed later.

A lettings agents who stole £23,000 of tenants’ deposits to fund his gambling addiction and pay off debts has escaped jail.

https://propertyindustryeye.com/former-lettings-agent-spared-jail-over-theft-after-inexcusable-three-year-delay-to-bring-case-to-court/

Reforms have been brought in, but more is needed to protect the victims of scams that netted £200m in the first half of last year