Frauds

A man has been jailed for orchestrating fraudulent motor insurance claims and cloning a claims management company (CMC) to pass them to a firm of solicitors in return for referral fees.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/jail-for-conman-who-cloned-cmc-and-sold-fake-pi-claims-to-law-firm

Fraudsters are poised to target the public with ticketing, travel and health insurance scams as we all rush to book much longed-for social activities this summer.

https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/fraudsters-ready-to-exploit-easing-of-lockdown-9199484/

Suspect pension transfers could be blocked or paused by a system of “flags” under plans to clamp down on scammers.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/flag-system-proposed-tackle-pension-114751609.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

The government wants to allow pension providers to block suspicious transfers with the help of a warning flag system for schemes.

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2021/05/14/govt-consults-on-red-flag-pension-transfer-protections/

Ovidijus Margelis sent packages in a plot to get fraudulent refunds, a court heard.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2021/05/14/jail-for-student-who-sent-explosive-devices-through-the-post/

The three defendants in The Pensions Regulator's (TPR's) investigation into a 'multi-million-pound' pension fraud have appeared in court again this week, with a trial date now confirmed for June 2022.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/2022-court-date-set-for-multi-million-pound-pension-fraud-case.php

Analysis by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has found that, of 2.7 million motor insurance claims made across the UK between October 2019 and the end of 2020, more than 170,000 could be linked to suspected crash-for-cash networks.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/auto-motor/crashforcash-hotspots-revealed--insurance-industry-reacts-254811.aspx#.YJxJVLyXL_I.twitter

A Black Country woman has spoken out to warn others after losing more than £100,000 to dating site romance fraud.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2021/05/05/i-thought-hed-been-murdered-black-country-woman-conned-out-of-100k-in-dating-scam/

New warning from UK Finance as lockdown restrictions start to ease.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/holidaymakers-and-festivalgoers-urged-to-be-vigilant-from-scams-as-lockdown-restrictions%E2%80%AFease

A man from Bolton has been sentenced for Dangerous Driving and Fraud by False Representation after deliberately causing a collision between three vehicles on the M62, and then attempting to claim for the vehicle damage through the third party’s insurer, AXA.

https://colp.mpw.cds.co.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2021/may/ifed/dangerous-crash-for-cash-fraudster-sentenced-after-deliberately-causing-motorway-collision/