Frauds

Scots investigators have helped bust a €200 million scam when tuna fish caught for canning were treated with chemicals before being sold as fresh.

Controversial plans to make all Brits show ID at polling stations are set to go ahead - despite more than 1,000 have been denied a vote during trials.

The impersonation of lawyers to commit advance fee frauds has been added to the list of large-scale cyber-attacks from which the government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is trying to protect the public, it has emerged.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/crime-agency-adds-online-lawyer-impersonation-to-hit-list

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

A brother and sister who tried to defraud their siblings in their dead mother's will have been warned by a judge to expect jail.

http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/07/18/news/brother-and-sister-in-will-fraud-told-to-expect-jail--1665300/?param=ds441rif44T

Victims of ticket fraud are losing an average of £365 each, a new report has found.

A businessman plundered his mother’s bank account to the tune of £65,000 after plans to work with rock star Rick Wakeman collapsed, a judge heard.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2019/07/15/businessman-stole-65000-from-mother-after-rick-wakeman-deal-went-wrong/

New research by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) shows that many people with mental health problems are struggling to safely gain support from family and friends, because of the complexity and ineffectiveness of tools such as Power of Attorney.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/07/-inadequate-power-of-attorney-system-is-exposing-people-with-men/

David Cope, 68, was sentenced to a total of 32 months at Stafford Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and theft at an earlier hearing.

A Bridlington woman who wrongly claimed over £7,700 of her dead mother’s pension from the East Riding Pension Fund has been given a suspended prison sentence.

https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/2912205/suspended-sentence-for-bridlington-woman-after-pension-fraud/#.XSmeyFJJbXA.twitter