Frauds

There were pills in my lap, ready to take. Tears were streaming down my face. The summer sunshine was warm on my back, beaming into my living room but I could only see black as I stared ahead.

A woman who fell for a man she met on a dating website and lost £40,000 is warning others not to make the same mistakes.

Heartless romance scammers conned lonely women and men in North Wales out of more than £1 million in a nine month period, it’s been revealed.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, is encouraging people to spot the signs of romance fraud this Valentine’s Day.

Thousands of benefit claimants may be unwittingly committing fraud by failing to inform the Department of Work and Pensions about a change of circumstance.

A fraudster who targeted an innocent member of the public caught up in a minor road traffic collision was sentenced on Friday 5 February at Woolwich Crown Court.

The company secretary of a family-run construction and maintenance firm has been sentenced for making a fraudulent insurance claim. The claim could have inflicted a potential loss of over £5,000 to one of the UK’s biggest insurers.

A man who stole the identity of a legitimate court interpreter, and provided services to the courts in 140 cases despite having no qualifications to do so, has been sentenced.

New data from UK Finance reveals a 20 per cent increase in bank transfer romance fraud between January - November 2020 compared to the previous year, with the total value of these scams rising by 12 per cent to £18.5 million. The average loss per victim reported to UK Finance members was £7,850, highlighting the significant impact this type of fraud can have on victims’ finances.

Online fraud has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, meaning organisations must be more vigilant in the face of the seemingly ever-increasing threat and its impact on business