Frauds

The director of an accident claims company has been fined for inventing a crash in order to trace the owner of a private number plate he wanted to buy.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/f1-ned-accident-management-boss-convicted-crash-number-plate-scam

Wine fraud can have a damaging impact on well-known Australian labels sold internationally.

http://en.brinkwire.com/63423/new-way-to-identify-wine-will-protect-australian-growers-from-overseas-fraud-scientists-say/

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart is to ‘fingerprint’ its fish to prevent the growing menace of food fraud

https://www.fishupdate.com/fish-fingerprinted-fend-off-fraud/

He continued sending cash up to the moment he thought the woman was about to fly to the UK

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/how-lonely-heart-conned-out-14084240

Food fraud is big business. There are estimates suggesting that 10 per cent of the global supply chain is affected. That is £50 billion worth of produce.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/15797336.Firms_on_the_front_line_of_food_fraud_move_to_defend_their_brands/

Almost three years after being disqualified from office on grounds of corruption and election fraud, Lutfur Rahman, the former Mayor of Tower Hamlets continues to cast a dark shadow over public life in the borough.

https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2017/12/peter-golds-more-bad-news-for-rahman-as-he-is-struck-off-as-a-solicitor.html

Pilots making people show ID at May’s local elections could affect older people who are less likely to have passports or driving licences

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/26/voter-id-trials-could-disenfranchise-older-people

A Cumnock woman has been accused of buying almost £3,000-worth of goods from the internet using someone else’s bank card.

Three men who tricked vulnerable elderly victims into handing over cash have been sentenced for courier fraud.