Frauds

Between 2015 and 2018 he took out several separate motor insurance policies whereby he failed to disclose his previous motoring and criminal convictions to his insurer.

http://www.deeside.com/prolific-offender-given-18-month-jail-term-at-mold-crown-court-for-burglary-and-fraud/

However there has been a sharp 12% rise in fraudsters applying for plastic card accounts, while identity fraud against online retail accounts has risen by 24%, according to CIFAS.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/16418795.identity-fraud-falls-but-remains-uncomfortably-high-report/

Download this guide aimed at providing an awareness of bank mandate fraud, reinforcing this through real life case studies and practical advice on fraud prevention.

http://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/keep_safe/bank-mandate-fraud?view=Standard

A team of East London-based fraudsters who set up a ghost broking operation targeting minicab drivers have collectively been sentenced to 57 months suspended following being convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud.

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/broker/3538831/ghost-brokers-in-dock-after-esure-and-police-uncover-racket

Almost five million people had money stolen from their bank or credit card account last year, at a cost of around £840 each

https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/card-account-fraud-jumps-40-year-stolen-cybercrime-theft-take-five-a8484521.html

A mother-of-three has avoided jail for pocketing £32,000 in a benefit fraud.

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/jade-elsey-plymouth-city-college-1884209

A father and son-in law who defrauded an elderly Shropshire man out of more than £14,000 by carrying out shoddy and overpriced work to his home have been jailed.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2018/08/04/family-trio-jailed-after-elderly-shropshire-victim-defrauded/

Police are hunting a gang of fraudsters from the Black Country suspected of being involved in conning elderly and vulnerable people out of £3 million

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/07/28/wolverhampton-husband-and-wife-gang-leaders-wanted-for-conning-elderly-out-of-3m/

More than 10 percent of millennials have fallen victim to ticket fraud, according to a recent study by Aventus, an open-source blockchain-based ticketing platform

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/consider-buying-concert-ticket-stranger-132800285.html

He is the 11th person to be charged with a fraud offence relating to Grenfell.

http://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-08-03/man-charged-with-grenfell-tower-fraud/