Frauds

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/

Google has purged Android apps from a popular developer from the Play Store after an investigation alleged it had been ‘committing large-scale ad fraud and abusing user permissions.’

https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/google-play-bans-developer-3706134

One of the joys of this job is hearing when scams go wrong, which has just happened thanks to wonderful taxi driver Don Welby.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/hero-taxi-driver-don-foils-14274491?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Whether you are a technophile or technophobe, most people are alive to the need to be vigilant to cyber risks.

https://www.scotsman.com/colette-finnieston-individuals-and-businesses-must-stay-vigilant-on-fraud-1-4911687

A MAN has appeared in front of a judge and denied money laundering charges said to be linked to Africa-based “romance fraud”.