Frauds

Puppies were 'found dead in a freezer' during an investigation into an £850,000 dog-selling fraud. Four members of the puppy selling gang have pleaded guilty to offences in connection with the fraudulent sale of puppies.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-crime-puppies-found-dead-7101889

Police are urging the public to remain vigilant after an attempted fraud of almost £3,000.

https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2022-05-13/police-warning-after-woman-in-80s-targeted-in-attempted-fraud

Updates to the UK’s contingent reimbursement model (CRM) code will help to protect consumers from alternative push payment (APP) fraud, according to a legal expert.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/fraud-expert-welcomes-extension-of-app-reimbursement-code

A brazen couple who appeared on This Morning to discuss their family dementia devastation faked the condition to con their council out of over £700,000.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fraudster-family-faked-tragic-dementia-26844364?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

A conman used an online gaming app to meet a victim who was looking for love, before conning her out of more than £200,000.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-04-21/romance-conman-left-me-with-300-to-my-name-when-all-i-wanted-was-to-find-love

TSB said people should be on alert for fraudsters pretending to be from banks or organisations asking for money.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bank-tsb-households-royal-mail-amazon-b995138.html

PP looks at how ten fake schemes saw 245 pension savers become victims of fraud

https://www.professionaladviser.com/news/4048709/courtroom-gbp-7m-pension-scam-case

A FORMER Birmingham councillor, found guilty of electoral malpractice, has joined the Labour campaign trail in local elections to canvass for his son.

https://www.easterneye.biz/poll-fraudster-seen-on-sons-campaign-trail-in-birmingham/

Five men have been found guilty after conning millions of pounds out of property investors across Essex and London. An investigation found that hundreds of people were scammed out of more than £13 million after investing in a property company between 2015 and 2017.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/five-men-found-guilty-more-6989505

Two pension fraudsters have been jailed for a combined total of more than 10 years for their roles in a scam that saw over 200 savers tricked into transferring £13.7m into fraudulent schemes.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/Pension-fraudsters-jailed-for-total-of-10-years-for-13-7m-scam.php