Frauds

A former Welsh rugby player was a victim of a £1m mortgage fraud committed by his wife and friend, Wales Online has reported.

https://www.mortgageintroducer.com/e-x-rugby-player-victim-to-over-1m-mortgage-fraud/

Claims of personation in Paisley and Stirling have been reported to police.

A distraught woman in Market Harborough was targeted by ruthless ‘courier fraud’ crooks as police have warned people to be extra vigilant.

Why has fraud become so prominent in the conveyancing sector and what action needs to be taken to reduce it? Industry experts discussed this at the latest Mortgage Finance Gazette Lunch Club, in association with ULS Technology

https://www.mortgagefinancegazette.com/features/fraud-conveyancing-sector-10-12-2019/

William Hogarth’s painting The Polling is the iconic depiction of an election day in Britain. Painted in the 18th century, it was one of four canvasses that formed a series called The Humours of an Election (1754-5), all inspired by an Oxfordshire election, where the Whigs took on a safe Tory seat.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/voter-fraud-isn-t-problem-132818920.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLzlOSVpld0VTN0E_YW1wPTE&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANvH0QjM2e82zcryi_z-247xsoMUYTPZe9bj0RRrLveIV_xYAQTWAJoYEVlSds_MAoMqzaEkIwc65e9qo0oRRx3XKlla-1HQMZyFTL9H8gEmQVGRVM1U-Agx3D-pfeX_7j5jodQxRn16Z18TxzhDVV9UCxPyh86Y5Upur9VBe8pM

A couple have spoken of how they became victims of a holiday scam during a trip to Northern Ireland.

On Monday 2 December 2019, four men were sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after they committed a ‘crash for cash’ but couldn’t get their story straight.

The couple were contacted over the phone by a man who claimed to be a police officer investigating fraud.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/courier-fraud-warning-after-couple-scammed-by-criminals-posing-as-police-officers

A York man has been given a suspended jail sentence for fraud, after failing to tell the City Council that he'd sold his parents' home.

https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/3003229/york-man-convicted-of-social-care-fraud/#.Xe0T2ikJgig.twitter

On Wednesday afternoon West Mercia police officers stopped a car they believed contained suspects wanted in connection with fraud on the A5 in Shropshire.

https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2019/12/06/police-make-arrests-relating-to-courier-fraud-in-shropshire/