Frauds

Yonatan Eyob of Hurtsway Walk in Notting Hill has pleaded guilty to fraud after claiming £81,000 in money and accommodation and falsely claiming that he lived in Grenfell Tower before the devastating fire.

https://londonlovesbusiness.com/man-pleads-guilty-to-81000-grenfell-tower-fraud/

Police are working to find an organised crime gang suspected of defrauding the benefits system by about 4.6 million pounds

https://www.scotsman.com/regions/glasgow-strathclyde/police-target-4-6m-benefit-fraud-in-glasgow-1-4777104

A Carlisle woman has denied an alleged benefits fiddle which is said to total almost £35,700.

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/07/31/carlisle-woman-denies-alleged-35700-benefits-fraud/

The independent legal body say HM Land Registry has had to fork out close to £60million in indemnity payments because of fraud over the past decade

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/home-affairs/justice-system/press-release/law-commission/97082/land-registration-act-shape

Conmen are cloning Facebook accounts to trick their followers out of thousands of pounds

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6752801/facebook-fraudsters-steal-brits-identities-con-friends-money/

It comes as a report revealed consumers were becoming more concerned by food fraud.

https://www.fginsight.com/news/news/fingerprint-technology-to-boost-welsh-lambs-traceability-66214

Fraudsters are registering domains that are similar to genuine university domains such as xxxxacu-uk.org, xxxxuk-ac.org and xxxacu.co.uk

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/fraudsters-spoof-university-email-addresses-jul18

Following a joint investigation between the IFB, its insurer members and Derbyshire Constabulary, eleven people have been sentenced for their role in a crash for cash scam which saw the gang of fraudsters staging collisions in order to make exaggerated or bogus insurance claims.

https://www.insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2018/prison-time-handed-to-fraudsters-involved-in-derbyshire-crash-for-cash-scam/

According to the World Customs Organisation (WCO), seven per cent of global trade consists of counterfeit products.

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/news/the-role-of-traceability-in-food-fraud

Two sisters of the missing mastermind behind a £720,000 maternity allowance swindle were each starting six-year jail sentences for their part in the racket today.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/07/19/sisters-latest-to-be-locked-up-over-720k-black-country-benefit-fraud/