Frauds

Warning from The Pensions Regulator finds pension scam victims could lose an average of 22 years of savings in just a day.

https://www.yourmoney.com/retirement/scams-could-wipe-out-pension-pots-in-24-hours/

A Telford carer who stole thousands of pounds from a disabled client to feed her gambling addiction has been jailed for 10 months.

Dating apps should do more to verify users to help prevent romance fraud, the Victims' Commissioner has said. The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme spoke to victims of a man who was jailed for conning 19 women out of £24,000.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50303452

Flights to Africa and the Indian subcontinent are among the destinations thought to be targeted by fraudsters.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/action-fraud-urge-people-to-be-on-the-lookout-for-too-good-to-be-true-flight-deals

A Greek shipowner orchestrated a plan for men posing as pirates to attack and set fire to his tanker, in an elaborate fraud to seek $77 million in insurance money, a London judge found.

https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/international/2019/10/08/293473.htm

Alan Blacker, aka Lord Harley, is in court accused of illegally receiving £60,000 in disability benefits.

Martin Underwood paid £1,000 each for tickets from sellers who contacted him on Facebook.

At the end of this month, an army of ghosts, ghouls, witches and goblins will roam the streets in search of candy. As terrifying as these hungry souls may be, a more ghastly monster -- in search of something much more lucrative than sugar -- is wreaking havoc on the world’s population: identity fraud.

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18077/spoooooky-types-of-identity-fraud

A Penrith woman has appeared in court charged with dishonestly failing to disclose information to the Department for Works and Pensions, which she had a legal duty to disclose.

Government plans to introduce photographic ID for voters in elections have been branded "clearly discriminatory" by Tom Watson.