Frauds

A man has been sentenced after he diverted £31,970 worth of payments from his employer to a service provider, into his and his partner’s bank account.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/man-sentenced-for-stealing-over-31000-from-employer-following-report-to-action-fraud

A quantity surveyor who abused his position to promote the services of a builder has been sentenced for fraud.

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/quantity-surveyor-sentenced-fraud-over-17279297?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

A builder posed as a war veteran’s grandson in a plot to swindle him out of his £870,000 home, a court was told.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/builder-posed-as-war-veteran-s-grandson-to-sell-870000-home-a4290936.html

A WOMAN has admitted carrying out a sustained £75,000 fraud against a pensioner she met online.

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2019/11/18/woman-admits-75000-fraud-after-meeting-west-cumbria-pensioner-online/

A solicitor and former east London councillor has been sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment after being found guilty of housing fraud.

The Tories have been accused of being "economical with the truth" after they denied offering jobs senior Brexit Party figures in a bid to get them to stand down.

A man who cheated the state out of thousands of pounds in benefits and fraudulently obtained a passport has been sentenced.

A FRAUDSTER targeted a number of vulnerable people in north Herefordshire villages in a serious of frauds over the last week.

A business owner has been jailed for conning elderly and vulnerable people out of thousands of pounds.

Pay.UK calls for “no blame” fraud reimbursement – but has found a lack of industry consensus on how to finance a fund to reimburse authorised push payment (APP) fraud victims.