Frauds

A 63-year-old man who used multiple bank accounts to hide over £40,000 in rental income he received from three properties

http://www.impartialreporter.com/news/15997525.Ice_cream_salesman_used_many_accounts_to_hide_rental_income/

A Birmingham woman who played a “leading role” in a £32,000 fraud plot targeting John Lewis stores has had her sentence cut on appeal.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-woman-conned-john-lewis-14329916

A man has been sentenced for conspiring with two others to defraud a funeral plan company of more than £120,000.

https://www.ftadviser.com/your-industry/2018/02/20/man-sentenced-for-120k-funeral-plan-fraud/

Churchill Insurance has won a ‘slam-on’ case against defendant, who was handed an immediate two-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to eight of 16 false statements made in court.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/auto-motor/slamon-insurance-fraudster-slapped-with-immediate-jail-time-92637.aspx

Extra staff could be needed as new lines of enquiry have emerged in the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) investigation into alleged electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets.

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=31534

Prosecutors were given a week to decide whether they want a retrial.

http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/jury-discharged-without-verdicts-in-fraud-trial-of-footballer-blair-turgott-11364253300193

The 92-year-old was caught up in a so called 'courier fraud'

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/conmen-steal-more-60000-pensioner-14307963

The key figure in a £1million benefits fraud has cheated justice by fleeing abroad, a jury heard at Wolverhampton Crown Court

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/bilston/2018/02/19/linchpin-in-1m-benefits-fraud-racket-on-the-run-court-told/

A 92-year-old man was conned out of £10,000 by a man pretending to be from Barclays fraud squad

http://www.itv.com/news/london/2018-02-12/pensioner-conned-out-of-10-000-by-a-man-pretending-to-be-from-banks-anti-fraud-team/

Holiday booking frauds work when genuine apartment photos and descriptions are pinched by the scammer and advertised through often genuine sites.

https://www.scotsman.com/business/james-walker-take-a-break-but-don-t-let-good-sense-go-awol-1-4686956