Frauds

Sixty eight year old pleaded guilty to claiming housing benefit to the value of £20,290 despite claiming she had no savings or capital when, in fact, she had £50,000 in accounts.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/17263916.unpaid-work-for-oap-who-admitted-20k-benefits-fraud/

Some people with no connection to the tower took advantage of the country's generosity for themselves.

https://news.sky.com/story/the-fraudsters-who-took-advantage-of-grenfell-11559444

Two Victim Support case workers are proving a “valuable addition” to Sussex Police’s efforts to tackle online romance fraud, which nationally cost victims £41 million last year.

https://www.policeprofessional.com/industry-viewpoint/putting-the-block-on-romance-fraud/

Three men sentenced for cash for crash deception

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1148/cash-for-crash_fraudsters_sentenced_after_cunning

Contempt proceedings were brought on behalf of Admiral Insurance following the failed attempt by the three Defendants to make fraudulent insurance claims in relation to a staged road traffic accident.

https://www.clydeco.com/blog/insurance-hub/article/fraudulent-claims-result-in-custodial-sentences

According to the 2018 Cifas Fraudscape Report, application fraud in motor finance increased by 47% between 2015 and 2017.

https://www.motortrader.com/blogs/guest-blog/motor-finance-growing-problem-identity-fraud-23-11-2018

One in five (22%) people have been defrauded via their credit card in the last year, according to a survey of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by comparethemarket.com.

https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/76482/credit-card-fraud-index-41-billion-stolen-as-a-result-of-credit-card-fraud-in-the-uk-in-past-year/retail

A fraudster has been pretending to be a police officer to withdraw money from bank accounts in Telford.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2018/11/23/public-targeted-by-bogus-police-officer-in-telford-fraud/

Mary Banks died four weeks after her bank card was stolen, as police release CCTV images of a woman wanted over the fraud.

https://news.sky.com/story/police-hunt-woman-after-10k-stolen-from-dementia-patient-91-laying-in-peterborough-hospital-11554123

Staffordshire Police are investigating after the woman, who has not been named to protect her identity, met a stranger on Scrabble app 'Words with Friends' who then seduced her and conned her out of tens of thousands of pounds.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/11/16/stafford-woman-loses-30k-to-romance-fraud/