Frauds

This follows the second phase of one of the largest investigations into car insurance fraud in the UK. The operation was carried out by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) in collaboration with its insurer members and Gwent Police.

https://www.insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2018/77-fraudsters-guilty-in-second-part-of-major-crash-for-cash-investigation/

A man was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for abusing his position as a director of a travel agency, by making a false travel insurance claim worth and stealing from his customers diverting their payment into his personal bank account

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1014/man_sentenced_after_stealing_over__70_000_in_seri#%3Fcn%3DZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y%26refsrc%3Demail

Replacing the neutral expression used for identification photographs with an open-mouth smile could help prevent identity fraud, new research suggests.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/passport-photos-smiling-identity-fraud-face-matching-easier-study-york-a8409681.html

The lab uses isotope analysis for provenance testing, counter-fraud and authentication of organic produce at a commercial level.

https://www.farminguk.com/news/Small-North-Yorkshire-laboratory-wins-contract-to-help-battle-meat-fraud_49574.html

The 33-year-old mother-of-three pleaded guilty to claiming £10,811 of Income Support and £15,964 of housing benefit she was not entitled to.

http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/16300007.Stable_worker_admits___27k_benefits_fraud/

Staffordshire Police are asking people to talk to their elderly family members and neighbours about phone scams on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, as it’s one of the main methods of fraud targeting older or vulnerable people.

https://alittlebitofstone.com/2018/06/15/vishing-fraud-warning-on-world-elder-abuse-awareness-day/

West Midlands is a hotspot for the crime

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hajj-fraud-rockets-150-per-14702786

Between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, Action Fraud received 6,486 reports of ticket fraud. In the same period, the total reported losses to victims were £3,344,835; an average of £568 per victim.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/more-than-3m-lost-to-ticket-fraud-in-one-year-jun18

A serial ticket tout who began reoffending within six weeks of being released from prison has been sentenced to three years in jail.

http://news.met.police.uk/news/serial-ticket-tout-jailed-309901

Both sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday 11 June 2018, following a number of courier frauds committed across the county between 1 June and 2 November 2017.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/south-east/news/fraudsters-jailed-tricking-elderly-and-vulnerable-victims-kent