Frauds

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud is currently rampant in the UK. In the first half of 2021, cases rose by a shocking 71% and for the first time overtook card fraud in terms of the amount of money stolen.

The former owner of Norton Motorcycles, Stuart James Garner, has been given a suspended prison sentence for illegally investing pension schemes’ money into his business.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/Ex-norton-motorcycles-boss-avoids-jailtime-over-pension-investment-charges.php

A ‘career criminal’ with a long history of conning elderly victims out of money has been jailed for more than ten years.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/career-criminal-preyed-on-elderly-and-vulnerable-victim-for-a-decade/

A romance fraudster who conned a Nottinghamshire woman out of £157,000 has been jailed.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/romance-fraudster-who-said-he-lived-in-west-bridgford-conned-woman-out-of-157000/

TWO people from Stratford have been questioned by police over claims a loan for more than £1,000 was taken out in someone else’s name.

https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/loan-fraud-leads-to-two-people-being-questioned-by-police-in-9246825/

A warning has been sounded over voting fraud in a London borough previously rocked by an election scandal.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/voting-fraud-warning-tower-hamlets-144311995.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

The UK’s national fraud reporting centre has issued a warning to those wanting to help victims of the Ukraine war.

https://www.techdigest.tv/2022/03/action-fraud-warns-of-scam-ukraine-emails.html

A woman from County Durham has been sentenced to two years and eight months behind bars after she duped families out of thousands of pounds by selling caravan holidays that did not exist.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2022-03-25/fraudster-jailed-for-selling-double-booked-caravan-holidays-to-families

As the National Economic Crime Centre launches a new awareness campaign, here’s what to look out for.

https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2022/mar-2022/payment-diversion-fraud-know-the-signs

A benefit fraudster who claimed thousands of pounds while running a property business in Spain was caught after boasting about her life on Facebook.

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-03-11/benefit-fraudster-caught-after-posting-about-life-in-spain-on-facebook