Frauds

The UK has seen a 5pc increase in mortgage fraud in the first six months of 2019 compared to the last six months of 2018, according to the Cifas ‘Faces of Fraud’ campaign.

https://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/mortgage-fraud-rise/#.XZnlA1MKwyA.twitter

A convicted rapist has been jailed for nine years after faking his way to a multimillion-pound National Lottery win with a counterfeit ticket in a “sophisticated and carefully planned” ruse.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/17948010.convicted-rapist-jailed-nine-years-lottery-jackpot-scam/?ref=twtrec

Investors who have chosen to reinvest some, or all, of their pension funds since April 2015, when the pension freedoms were first introduced, may not be aware that they might have already fallen victim to fraudsters.

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2019/10/03/be-on-the-lookout-for-pension-fraud/

A conman who cashed in a fake National Lottery ticket to claim a £2.5m jackpot has been jailed for nine years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49932832

A fraudster who funded luxury holidays by conning people out of their bank details in “an industrial scale” text message scam has been jailed.

Fraudsters are trying to cash-in on the collapse of Thomas Cook according to North Wales Police.

http://www.deeside.com/police-warning-over-fraudsters-trying-to-cash-in-on-thomas-cook-collapse/

A carer from Harlow who stole from vulnerable men has been jailed for more than two years.

Several fraudsters have been targeted by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) over the summer for making fraudulent claims on their car insurance.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1274/fraudsters_punished_for_false_motor_insurance_cla

More pensioners are at risk from a “bonanza” of fraud following the decision to scrap universal free TV licences for the over-75s, according to new research.

A GALASHIELS woman has been accused of a benefits fraud of more than £16,000.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/17928694.galashiels-woman-accused-16k-benefits-fraud/?ref=twtrec