Frauds

57-year-old fined thousands after subletting council flat

https://twitter.com/MFF_Forum/status/1188518446377656320

North Wales Police are warning the public to be alert to courier fraud scams after Police received a number of reports from members of the public last week.

http://www.deeside.com/warning-over-fraudsters-claiming-to-be-police-officers/

A 22-year-old man has been charged with fraud by false representation.

The UK’s cyber security experts stopped more than a million cases of payment card fraud over the last year.

Don’t trust your phone – it can lie to you. Or more accurately, criminals can lie to you by manipulating your phone’s caller ID to make you think you’re speaking to someone else. If someone rings you from a withheld number claiming to be from your bank, you’re likely to be suspicious – and scammers know this. So to achieve a veneer of authenticity in their attempt to part you from your cash, they’ll make the number that appears on your screen match the one on your bank statement, or on the back of your debit card.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/jenny-ross-who-s-calling-it-may-not-be-who-it-seems-1-5033302

The UK’s cyber security experts stopped more than a million cases of payment card fraud over the last year.

A man has been found guilty of blowing up his failing furniture shop and devastating a community so that he could claim on his insurance.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-cheshire/news/man-found-guilty-blowing-his-failing-furniture-shop-claim-insurance

Police officers and staff from across the country are set to attend a special national Courier Fraud Practitioners Day, tomorrow (Thursday, 17 October).

An agent was used as a vehicle for fraud, leading to tenants and landlords losing thousands of pounds.

Three London criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering in April 2019. Two criminals were sentenced on 27th June 2019 and the third was sentenced on 21st September with all the sentences were handed down at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

https://www.property118.com/oliver-knights-used-for-money-laundering-fraudulent-rental-payments/