Frauds

A Kincardine woman has admitted fraudulently receiving £6,500 when she was a student and then in employment.

http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/16161496.Kincardine_woman_admits___6_500_benefits_fraud/

A woman has been given a community order for falsely claiming benefits while working at a Bupa care home.

http://www.carehomeprofessional.com/former-bupa-carer-convicted-fraud/

The victim was told he was part of an under-cover operation and that they have arrested two men who they believe have withdrawn £16,000 in cash from her bank account before replacing it with counterfeit money.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/heartless-fraudsters-con-harrogate-pensioner-out-of-9-000-1-9109883

Holidaymakers are being warned about fraudsters who place false adverts on accommodation websites, conning them out of hundreds of pounds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43669007

£6.7 million was reported as lost to holiday booking fraud in the UK last year, with airline tickets and online accommodation main targets.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/record-losses-reported-by-holiday-fraud-victims/

Four people from North Cumbria have appeared before a court accused of conspiring to commit a £17,000 insurance fraud which involved a plan to torch a BMW car.

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Four-appear-before-Carlisle-district-judge-over-alleged-17000-insurance-fraud-conspiracy-8154c228-96c5-4484-b4c8-2de8b3c32be8-ds

A man was jailed for attempting to steal over £321,000 by selling 21 fake car insurance policies and making 18 fraudulent motor insurance claims for fictional car accidents.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1012/ghost_broker_who_used_victims__details_to_make__3

An investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) found that the images sent to Allianz by Ali were not of his injury, but taken from a YouTube video

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1006/man_sentenced_for_exaggerated_steak_knife_injury_

A fraudster who posed as Grenfell Tower survivor in a bid to claim hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

http://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/16143106.Woman_who_lied_about_surviving_Grenfell_Tower_fire_jailed_for_fraud/

A benefits cheat who lied about being a quadriplegic and stole a dead man's identity has been jailed for three and a half years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-43757663