Frauds

Police are warning people to be on their guard after a pensioner in Blackburn was scammed out of £38,000 and persuaded to buy a Rolex watch.

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-07-04/scammers-trick-pensioner-into-buying-38k-rolex-watch-in-cruel-fraud

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) could monitor claimants social media or bank accounts as part of a new fraud crackdown. The government body outlined a £613 million plan to stop around £2 billion losses due to fraud and error over the next five years.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/dwp-could-monitor-claimants-social-24434791?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

The former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has insisted he is “clean with my conscience and clean in my spirit” after being cleared of defrauding football’s governing body by a Swiss court.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/08/sepp-blatter-and-michel-platini-acquitted-of-fraud-swiss-court?CMP=share_btn_tw

A man from London has been sentenced for setting up hundreds of fraudulent insurance policies on behalf of other people by using false details and compromised bank accounts.

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2022/july/ghost-broker-who-profited-over-50k-through-hundreds-of-bogus-insurance-policies-sentenced/

A law firm owner who fell victim to a conveyancing fraud and transferred £68,000 to a bank account without checking the details has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitors-oversight-saw-68000-paid-to-conveyancing-fraudster

Universal credit pandemic fraud cost the taxpayer almost five times more than all other years put together, official figures show.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/benefit-fraud-during-pandemic-cost-taxpayers-an-eye-watering-%C2%A3101bn/ar-AAZ9hLi

A victim has spoken out to warn members of the public after he was the target of a courier fraud.

https://dorseteye.com/poole-man-warns-public-following-courier-fraud/

A woman claimed she was bedridden to con more than £620,000 from a council which she then used to pay for luxury holidays to America.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/woman-claimed-she-was-bed-ridden-to-con-more-than-%C2%A3620000-out-of-council/ar-AAYRmZL

A 42-year-old man from Surrey has been jailed for defrauding multiple insurance and pension companies of over £1.3 million by pretending he had stage four pancreatic cancer and less than a year to live.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/serial-fraudster-who-lied-about-having-terminal-cancer-lands-in-jail-410060.aspx#.YrAwHmK1Adg.twitter

Drivers around the UK are being warned to be on the lookout for crash for cash scammers as the dangerous criminal activity spreads around the country.

https://www.nationalworld.com/lifestyle/cars/crash-for-cash-scams-how-to-spot-and-avoid-dangerous-driving-as-emerging-hotspots-are-named-3729158