Frauds

An East Lothian woman who is appealing her year-long fraud sentence for swindling £55,000 in Child Tax Credit payments claims she “had no choice” as she was trapped in an abusive relationship with an ex partner and needed the money to live.

‘I felt I had no choice’ - East Lothian woman appealing year-long fraud sentence was ‘trapped in abusive relationship' and needed money for her children | Edinburgh News (scotsman.com)

Retailers around the world are increasing their fraud teams and budgets because of a significant rise in all types of online fraud during the pandemic.

Retail fraud teams to grow following surge in online fraud during pandemic - InternetRetailing

With the coronavirus pandemic sparking a sudden rise in fraud, as criminals and opportunists exploit the crisis, insurers are finding evermore sophisticated and collaborative ways to fight back

How to combat insurance fraudsters - Raconteur

Global tech firms such as Google should be held to account for hosting pension scam adverts with legislation needed to stop them profiting from a multibillion-pound scam industry, MPs say today.

MPs slam Action Fraud, FCA and tech giants over pension scams (finextra.com)

The 58-year-old entered a guilty plea to the single count against her of fraud by abuse of position

Co Armagh woman admits stealing £26,000 from mental health patient – Armagh I

Work and Pensions Committee of the House of Commons publishes report following completion of the first part of its three-stage inquiry into the impact on pension savers of the pension freedoms introduced in 2015

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5322/documents/53036/default/

The amount of money lost to victims of authorised push payments fraud in the UK rose to £479 million in 2020, as criminals used the Covid-19 pandemic to target people online.

APP fraud continues to rise as criminals target bank customers online (finextra.com)

Pension schemes are being urged to raise the alarm over scams following a long-term drop in reporting.

Pension schemes urged to raise alarm over scams - FTAdviser.com

Every single person with a National Insurance number in the UK is being warned after a hotline for reporting fraud was bombarded with calls.

The urgent warning everyone with a National Insurance number needs to hear - CoventryLive (coventrytelegraph.net)

A combination of widespread incidence of food fraud and significant supply chain disruption signals a rising level of brand and product risk for global beverage manufacturers, according to a new report by supply chain assurance specialists, Lloyd’s Register (LR).

Confidence In Beverage Supply Chains Coming Under Pressure | KamCity