Frauds

Dishonesty in general, and fraudulent claims in particular, cost the insurance market considerable amounts each year. The legal consequences of dishonesty are not always the same, however, and will depend on a number of factors, including how it manifests itself and the point in the process at which it occurs.

A LAWYER who helped a fraudster run a £1.6 million scheme which saw vulnerable people conned out of their homes has been struck off.

Four fake sickness fraudsters from Middlesbrough have been sentenced to four months in prison, after conspiring to issue fraudulent compensation claims for gastric illness against Jet2holidays. They have also been ordered to pay legal costs incurred by us.

A fraudster who has conned women out of 'tens of thousands of pounds' using online dating sites has revealed the key profile features he looks for when scoping out potential targets.

SmartSearch has called on lenders, brokers and conveyancers to learn the lessons from the government’s failure to prevent the loss of billions in COVID-related fraud over the past 12 months.

23 February 2021: What will be the impact and consequences of the FCA’s proposed increase in the contactless limit to £100, intended or otherwise?

A scam warning has been issued after a Shropshire resident was almost conned out of nearly £200.

Pension scheme trustees should be allowed to veto a transfer, according to the chairman of the work and pensions select committee.

A man has been sentenced for making a £50,000 Income Protection claim whilst working three paid jobs, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED).

Five senior Russian Athletics officials have been banned after an extraordinary conspiracy, involving inventing a car accident and falsifying medical records from a fake clinic to protect a world champion high jumper from a doping ban, was unearthed by the Athletics Integrity Unit.