Frauds

A councillor who cheated her own local authority out of thousands of pounds has been given an 8-month suspended jail sentence.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-06-11/luton-councillor-sentenced-for-benefit-fraud

Four members of a gang who preyed on dozens of elderly victims, conning them out of hundreds of thousands of pounds, were jailed for a total of 20 years and eight months on Friday (June 9).

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/gang-of-scammers-jailed-after-preying-on-elderly-victims

North Wales Police are urging people to be vigilant over a rental fraud scheme targeting residents in the region.

https://www.wrexham.com/news/warning-issued-after-increase-in-reports-of-rental-fraud-scheme-in-north-wales-219909.html

The cruel scam exploiting vulnerable people in our communities.

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/campaigns-media/campaigns/calling-out-courier-fraud

Businesses involved in making, supplying or promoting Electronic Sales Suppression (ESS) systems that help users hide or reduce the value of till sales, now face fines of up to £50,000 and criminal investigations. Users also face fines as HMRC increases efforts to target the tax evasion practice.

https://businessnewswales.com/new-powers-introduced-as-hmrc-targets-till-fraud/

Estate agents, and other industry professionals, are being warned that they must have the right tools in place to reduce the risk of fraud amid the rise of quickfire sales.

https://propertyindustryeye.com/estate-agents-urge-to-have-the-right-tools-in-place-to-cut-fraud-risk/

A grieving widow was conned out of £500,000 by a fraudster posing as Scottish actor Gerard Butler.

https://news.stv.tv/world/widow-anne-larkin-conned-out-of-500000-by-fraud-she-thought-was-gerard-butler-appears-on-itvs-this-morning

As the cost of cooking oil rises, make sure you don't get ripped off by finding a cut-price supplier with adulterated wares, says Jackie Healing

https://www.thecaterer.com/business/how-to-stop-cooking-oil-fraud

(Bloomberg) -- The French government blamed ticket fraud on an “industrial scale” for the mayhem that delayed the start of the Champions League final on Saturday and led to police forces firing tear gas at British supporters.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/france-blames-extensive-ticket-fraud-153358755.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEeakPy27U1KFa8YGb4vG1NfJXXZl1Z5yvC06QV5UA6_DltFN4rtXcZR0kIGTsrJe2IiGIqnM83PVToZIaYZJEbFNfiCfkBQp_P-COwUOCM1Vddff4ZnCWqLZcUMLFJn7e3sYViddsdu7vKX9VQ917Icgyomv9bcFiq2zgdDIcZk

CSCS, the Construction Skills Certification Scheme, has set its lawyers on to a website purporting to offer industry skills cards without any tests or exams.

https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/nfdc-issues-card-scam-warning?utm_source=tci&utm_medium=sharing&utm_campaign=twitter