Frauds

A fraudster has been sentenced after he impersonated his wife on the phone to try and fake his own death in Pakistan and make a false life insurance claim worth a total of £999,999.

https://www.mortgageintroducer.com/fraudster-sentenced-after-1m-fake-death-claim/

Two Derbyshire pensioners have told how they fell victim to scammers who rang them at home and conned them out of thousands of pounds.

Fans of the Big Mac may end up lovin’ this truly bizarre story of fast-food fraud. The new HBO docuseries McMillions tells the stranger than fiction tale of the McDonald’s Monopoly game scam. It’s the kind of super-sized corruption story you couldn’t make up if you tried. “This story has got everything,” as those interviewed in the trailer point out, “revenge, drugs, greed, Ronald McDonald.”

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/01/9190139/mcdonalds-monopoly-scam-documentary-mcmillions

A woman from Hove has been spared prison by a judge over an £80,000 “right to buy” housing fraud.

Using the pioneering Martello counter-fraud strategy, we have secured the discontinuance of a £165,000 claim for injury, loss and costs stemming from a genuine accident.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/882402/Insurance/FunDoughMental+Dishonesty+Bakers+Dishonesty+And+Exaggeration+Costs+Him+Dearly

A fraudster has been locked up for 28 months for trying to sit other people’s driving theory tests – including in York.

https://www.yorkmix.com/jailed-fraudster-who-tried-to-sit-another-persons-driving-test-in-york/

One controversial policy which was confirmed was the government’s plan to push through new requirements for voters in elections.

https://theferret.scot/voter-fraud-id-ffs/https://theferret.scot/voter-fraud-id-ffs/

A 52-year-old man has been ordered to carry out community service after he was convicted of a number of benefit fraud charges.

A former Rochdale lawyer has been given a 9-month suspended sentence for dishonestly claiming Disability Living Allowance for five years.

Deepfakes changing the fraud landscape