Frauds

The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) is taking action against opportunistic insurance fraud as cost-of-living pressures drive a surge in such cases.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/ifed-busts-insurance-fraudsters-sends-cease-and-desist-notices-across-uk-441972.aspx#.ZDUcPgZvjpc.twitter

There are some scams that are almost impossible to spot, as one family discovered when planning a trip to scatter their mother’s ashes.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/apr/03/invoice-the-latest-tactic-of-gangs-out-to-hijack-your-holiday

Ten samples from Britain were suspected of containing cheap sugar syrup

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/mar/26/uk-honey-fails-authenticity-test

Tauseef Sadeeq, a former trainee solicitor at Jacob Miller Solicitors, has been handed down a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to 20 counts of fraud involving insurance compensation.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/insurance-fraudster-gets-two-years-in-jail-439810.aspx#.ZBhIRRQ89pM.twitter

A woman who made more than £500,000 by claiming refunds on items she shoplifted on an "industrial scale" has been convicted of multiple counts of fraud.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-made-500-000-claiming-200400348.html/

Crimestoppers is warning people in Wales to be aware of romance fraudsters operating online.

https://nation.cymru/news/new-campaign-launched-to-increase-awareness-of-the-dangers-of-online-romance-scams/

Booths has been named the retailer which has been ordered by the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) to remove pre-packed beef mislabelled British.

https://www.farminguk.com/news/booths-named-retailer-involved-in-possible-food-fraud-case_62232.html#disqus_thread

Leading supermarkets, including Asda and Morrisons, have swiftly distanced themselves from an investigation into alleged “beef fraud” at a supplier that sells produce to a British grocery chain.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/companies/uk-supermarket-selling-best-british-beef-embroiled-in-food-fraud-investigation/ar-AA18qeX4

Around £1 million worth of tenancy fraud has been prevented in Wolverhampton including a case of illegal subletting of a property, latest figures show.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2023/03/08/almost-1-million-of-tenancy-fraud-stopped-in-wolverhampton/

A CRIMINAL from Essex who picked up cash and gold from three households in Pembrokeshire that had been conned out of tens of thousands of pounds has been sentenced at Basildon Crown Court.

https://pembrokeshire-herald.com/81274/essex-man-sentenced-for-courier-fraud-targeting-pembrokeshire-pensioners/