Frauds

Police are investigating five allegations of malpractice relating to the Peterborough by-election, which Labour won by 683 votes.

A woman who suspected her mother was being scammed online later sent the fraudster £40,000, ending up heavily in debt.

11 major insurers have been given access to the Insurance Fraud Bureau’s new IFiHub as it looks to help fight the £2bn annual fraud cost

It's revealed there have been more than 1,700 attempts to con the elderly out of cash in Sussex.

Looking for time in the sun - you can end up in the shadiest corners of online crime.

ITV News has new evidence on villa rental fraud, which is expected to reach record levels this summer.

Criminals are building highly convincing websites offering holiday accommodation.

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-06-14/villa-victims-the-rise-of-holiday-fraud-in-2019/

Fracking Protestor convicted of Fraud

https://www.clickliverpool.com/news/33313-fracking-protestor-convicted-of-disability-benefit-fraud/#.XQVEpy56B4M.twitter 

Action Fraud is partnering with the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR) to urge people to avoid fraud by taking more care when buying tickets for live events.

Three men have been jailed for carrying out a ‘crash for cash’ plan on a motorway slip road in Coventry.

Fraud is an ongoing headache for the insurance industry. The Association of British Insurers reported that the industry detected 113,000 dishonest insurance claims in 2017, equating to a value of £1.3bn. The total number of detected insurance frauds, which also accounts for practices such as lying when applying for cover or ‘ghost broking’, was over half a million at 562,000.

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/17343/white-list---is-your-glass-half-full

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