Frauds

In a joint action supported by Europol, a Franco-Israeli organized crime network has been dismantled following its involvement in a cyber-enabled financial scheme that defrauded multiple companies of more than €34 million. Law enforcement agencies across six European countries were involved in the year-long operation, including France, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, Portugal, and Spain.

https://complyadvantage.com/insights/europol-dismantles-franco-israeli-crime-network-behind-e38m-ceo-fraud/

William Bower, 44, overcharged elderly and vulnerable people looking for landscaping, gardening or property works in the East Midlands area

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fraudster-claimed-vegetative-state-filmed-29367110?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

The company director of an East Sussex-based sports centre is to be prosecuted for allegedly fraudulently evading his duty to pay employee pensions contributions.

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2023/03/01/sports-centre-director-to-be-prosecuted-for-pension-fraud/

Impersonation scams have become one of the most common ways in which fraudsters now target their victims, according to Barclays.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/phone-and-online-copycat-scams-now-make-up-a-third-of-money-fraud-two-victims-tell-us-how-they-were-fooled-by-people-impersonating-a-bank-and-a-fashion-influencer/ar-AA187uHI

More than 700 potential UK victims have been identified, among thousands worldwide targeted by a boiler room fraud that was run from Romania.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/fraud-targeted-thousands-across-uk-and-abroad

Solicitors have helped rumble a man now jailed for creating a false letter of wishes in an attempt to steal more than £2m from a deceased friend’s estate.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/man-jailed-after-solicitors-catch2m-will-fraud

A woman has appeared in court accused of falsely claiming to have lost her home in the Grenfell Tower fire in a series of alleged frauds totalling nearly £400,000.

https://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/national/23349163.woman-appears-court-accused-grenfell-tower-fraud-claims/

Property fraud is a significant and growing risk. Often fraudsters can perpetrate such fraud by using fake or fraudulent documents.

https://propertyindustryeye.com/five-types-of-document-fraud-impacting-estate-agents/

Police are warning people to be on their guard after an elderly couple from Gloucester lost more than £20,000 to fraudsters this week.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/elderly-couple-from-gloucester-lost-more-than-twenty-thousand-pounds-to-fraudsters

A fraudster who tricked victims with a device at a Radlett ATM has been jailed after stealing thousands.

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/fraudster-stole-thousands-people-atms-151505178.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr