Frauds

Three men - including the brother of a feared Birmingham criminal - have been ordered to pay back £13 MILLION after a huge mortgage fraud or face more jail time.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/mortgage-fraud-gang-including-brother-14159775

For much of the world, fake news is less of a problem than fake food. One start-up is using the technology behind bitcoin to create anti-counterfeit labels fighting food fraud with blockchain

https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/bitcoin-technology-has-a-new-purpose-fight-food-fraud/

Claiming to be living alone is one of the most common types of benefit fraud.

https://fullfact.org/economy/benefit-fraud-valentines-day/

A Carlisle woman who pleaded guilty to two charges of benefit fraud last month has appeared before District Judge Gerald Chalk to be sentenced.

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/02/12/carlisle-woman-jailed-20k-benefit-fraud/

Together the men ran Luis Michael Training Ltd which fraudulently obtained around £5m of public funds, earmarked by the Skills Funding Agency to create apprenticeships for vulnerable young people

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2018/02/05/former-welsh-international-footballer/

Love might be in the air around Valentine’s Day, but Dyfed-Powys Police is urging people to be wary of who they meet on dating websites after saving potential victims from sending £52,000 to fraudsters

http://www.llanelliherald.com/39935/police-urge-public-aware-romance-fraud/

A fraudster who falsely claimed he was a survivor of the Grenfell tower fire in order to claim money intended for real victims has been jailed.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps-london-north-london-south/news/fake-grenfell-survivor-jailed-fraud-offences

From over 850 reports of ghost broking made to Action Fraud in the last three years, The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has calculated that victims of ghost broking lose an average of £769.

https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/broker/3248336/ghost-broking-costs-revealed-in-new-police-campaign

Police warn thousands of motorists may have fake car insurance

https://news.sky.com/story/ghost-broker-scam-police-warn-thousands-of-motorists-may-have-fake-car-insurance-11236464

City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department launches campaign to raise awareness of fraudsters selling fake car insurance and warn motorists to ‘Steer Clear of Fraud’

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/987/cost_of_