Frauds

A Galashiels woman has been accused of a benefits fraud involving almost £19,000.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/17862292.galashiels-woman-accused-19k-benefits-fraud/?ref=twtrec

An Australian back-packer has fallen victim to a sub-letting scam where the ‘landlord’ pretended to be the agent, giving the name of a firm which sounded authentic.

BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a 62-year-old man at Selkirk Sheriff Court after he admitted receiving almost £30,000 in benefits he was not entitled to.

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There are no signs that pension scams are decreasing, despite a recent report showing that the number of reports made to the police dropped by 81 per cent over five years, an expert has warned.

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2019/08/21/snowdon-renews-warning-on-pension-scams/

A judge has told a 69-year-old woman from Silloth that she “took almost £10,000 from public funds, and was less than frank with the authorities“.

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2019/08/20/silloth-woman-admits-10000-housing-benefit-fraud/

An estate agent has been jailed for 25 months and banned from being a director for five years after stealing deposits as he tried to prop up his failing business.

A teenager who conned elderly victims out of thousands of pounds has been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

The records of hundreds of patients who received treatment from a bogus psychiatrist are being reviewed by health boards across Scotland.

A “despicable” Shropshire rogue trader who pressured two couples into paying more than £16,000 for shoddy work on their homes has been jailed for more than two years.