Frauds

Think Jessica the Film is an educational documentary drama produced by Think Jessica, the charity committed to protecting elderly & vulnerable people from fraud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwXMsG2xkcM&feature=youtu.be

Six years on from the horsemeat scandal, we are still counting the cost. So why do I bring this unpleasant, uncomfortable memory up now?

Government ministers have estimated that £33m was saved from “falling into the wrong hands” through the joint-regulator campaign against pension scams, Action Fraud.

An 83-year-old man lost £5,200 after handing over cash to a courier upon the instruction of a fraudster posing as a police officer.

A fraudster who pocketed more than £16,000 saying he could barely walk has been caught out by investigators who were tipped off that his benefits claim was just not cricket.

A paralegal who stole £70,000 from people’s estates to splash out on designer clothes and handbags has been jailed for more than three years.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/paralegal-jailed-for-swindling-money-from-clients-estates

Simon Drust, owner of the butcher's shop The Meat shack, in Studley, Warwickshire, has been jailed for more than two years after he admitted to mislabelling meat.

https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/butcher-jailed-after-mislabeling-meat#disqus_thread

Thames Valley Police have released an image of a man who could have vital information about a theft and fraud in Reading.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2019-04-28/cctv-image-released-following-theft-and-fraud-in-reading/

Cyber funerals are now a thing and are carried out to close down social media accounts, manage search engine results and stop identity fraudsters from virtually resurrecting the deceased for their own personal gain.

https://www.itproportal.com/features/why-a-digital-duty-of-care-for-the-bereaved-is-crucial/

A butcher who raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds flogging imported meat branded "Best of British" has been jailed.

https://stv.tv/news/scotland/1437330-crooked-butcher-flogged-cheap-foreign-meat-as-aberdeen-angus/