Frauds

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

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/