Frauds

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

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/