Frauds

The elderly lady from Welland in Malvern became friends with the man on Facebook, who then informed the woman he served in the army and was currently based abroad.

A landlord has been given a fine of £1,052, 200 hours of unpaid work and 20 days of rehabilitation activity after a  council tax fraud which cost City of York tax payers  £2,800.

https://www.minsterfm.com/news/local/2589232/landlord-prosecuted-for-council-tax-fraud/

Business student, 31, is fifth to falsely pose as a victim as he is jailed for 18 months after claiming his father died in blaze to get £5,000 and free hotel stays

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5794593/Business-student-31-claimed-father-died-Grenfell-Tower-blaze.html

Two Jamaican nationals, were put up in hotels for almost a year before staff at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) realised the flat they claimed to live in did not exist.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/illegal-immigrants-admit-125-000-grenfell-tower-fraud-1-4747498

A whopping £90 million worth of UK claims fraud was detected by British insurer Aviva in 2017.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/auto-motor/aviva-reports-fraudulent-claims-surge-101806.aspx

Insurers are eagerly anticipating change implemented by Civil Liability Bill

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/crash-for-cash-insurance-fraud-fake-whiplash-claims-scam-aviva-a8369396.html

Two fraudsters involved in an elaborate ghost broking operation run from their launderette in Tottenham have been jailed for conspiracy to defraud insurance companies.

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurer/3423421/launderette-based-insurance-ghost-brokers-jailed

22 people were targeted in an operation to clampdown on ‘opportunistic fraud’

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1039/police_target__opportunistic__insurance_fraudster#

I am a victim of identity theft and fraud. I’m not exactly sure how it happened. But the whole experience was a real hassle.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/victim-id-theft-fraud-undo-114531755.html?guccounter=1

There were 8628 incidents of fraud recorded in 2017/18, a 17.9% increase on the previous year, according to latest figures from Police Scotland.

https://stv.tv/news/scotland/1416343-nearly-9000-scots-hit-by-credit-card-and-online-fraud/