Frauds

The pandemic has changed various aspects of our lives and driven us online to shop, invest and date.

https://www.raconteur.net/infographics/fighting-fraud-during-the-coronavirus-crisis/

The pandemic’s outbreak shone a light on transparency in the food supply chain. Mike Seed, sales and product manager at Elementar UK, explores the food fraud risk today.

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/retail/covid-19-food-fraud-risk

An influential group of MPs has said that the Government must address fraudulent advertising for investment products in the upcoming Online Safety Bill.

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-12/treasury-committee-repeats-call-for-law-on-fraudulent-online-ads

Impersonation scam cases more than doubled in the first half of 2021 to 33,115, a finance industry trade association has said.

https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/technology/2021/09/12/news/impersonation-scams-more-than-doubled-in-first-half-of-2021-2445512/

A married security guard who duped a woman out of her life savings in a romance scam has been jailed for three years.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/married-security-guard-conned-woman-075844284.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

A high-flying lawyer who swindled the Commonwealth and a top international legal firm out of more than £600,000 has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-commonwealth-lawyer-jailed-600-153007363.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Kate McMahon, who successfully prosecuted a businessman of 11 counts of fraud offences relating to a failed property redevelopment in Knightsbridge recently, explains the background to the case – and offers some tips on how to avoid getting caught up in dodgy dealings…

https://primeresi.com/do-you-smell-a-rat-how-to-sniff-out-fraud-in-property-development/

Two people were arrested last week as part of an investigation into courier fraud incidents in Gloucestershire.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/arrests-made-as-part-of-courier-fraud-investigation-in-gloucestershire

Action Fraud has encouraged people to understand the threats of romance fraud.

Romance scams are when criminals coerce people into sending money to them after convincing the victim that they are in a genuine relationship.

The criminal will usually go to great lengths to gain the victim's trust so that requests for money does not raise alarm bells, usually appealing for financial help such as emergency medical costs or for transport costs in order to visit the victim if they are overseas.

Campaigners have criticised the “staggering” cost of government plans to require photo identification for voting after an official impact assessment reported that the policy could cost up to £180m over the next decade.

https://labourlist.org/2021/09/mandatory-voter-id-could-cost-180m-government-impact-assessment-shows/