Frauds

A pensioner who cheated a council out of £600,000 after claiming she was bed-bound is still on the run in Berlin.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11495163/Pensioner-66-sentenced-jail-cheating-taxpayers-600-000.html

The number and value of pension fraud cases has significantly increased, with £250 in pension fraud and overpayments recorded between 2020 and 2022, according to the National Fraud Initiative’s (NFI) latest report.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/NFI-reveals-significant-increase-in-pension-fraaud.php

An international one stop spoofing shop has been taken down in the UK’s biggest ever fraud operation, led by the Metropolitan Police.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/more-than-100-arrests-in-uks-biggest-ever-fraud-operation

With Christmas just weeks away a warning has been issued following a rise in courier fraud in north Wales – including an elaborate scam targeting an elderly member of the public.

https://www.wrexham.com/news/rise-in-courier-fraud-sees-elderly-resident-targeted-with-scam-delivery-and-hsbc-messages-227383.html

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has announced the appointment of Ursula Jallow (pictured above) as permanent director.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/ifb-names-new-director-428879.aspx#.Y4nGaqOlGZM.twitter

In our latest guest post, Brian Kinsella, senior regional fraud manager at Elavon Europe, discusses how to avoid hotel payments fraud during the festive season.

https://www.boutiquehotelier.com/hotel-payments-fraud-elavon-europe/

Aviva is warning drivers to think twice if they are tempted to lie in an attempt to save money on their policy.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/11/30/motor-insurance-policy-fraud-cases-jump-as-households-squeezed-by-living-costs/

A FRAUD-ACCUSED Herefordshire builder has been sent to the crown court.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23138366.fraud-accused-herefordshire-builder-sent-crown-court/?ref=twtrec

Police are asking that everyone remain aware of an ongoing scam called ‘courier fraud’ being reported in Shropshire.

Read the full article via Shropshire Live at: https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/11/21/police-warn-shropshire-residents-of-telephone-fraud-attempts/

Identity fraud is the unauthorised use of a person’s personal information by another person to commit a crime or deceive or defraud that person or a third party in order to take advantage of the pleasures that come with that synthetic identity.

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/23241/what-is-identity-fraud-definition-types-and-examples