Frauds

A GALASHIELS woman has been accused of a benefits fraud of more than £16,000.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/17928694.galashiels-woman-accused-16k-benefits-fraud/?ref=twtrec

Advisers have been urged to 'know your customer' as research showed the number of fraudulent mortgage applications submitted in the UK increased by 5 per cent since the end of last year.

https://www.ftadviser.com/mortgages/2019/09/25/mortgage-fraud-rises-5/

The collapse of travel group Thomas Cook has brought major concerns for its 150,000 customers currently on holiday abroad, and thousands of other people with future bookings. 22,000 jobs, including 9,000 in the UK, are also at risk, as are the investments of the group’s many shareholders.

https://www.getsafeonline.org/news/scam-warning-after-thomas-cook-collapse/

A former Camelot employee who is said to have conspired with an alleged conman to fake a multimillion- pound-winning Lottery ticket told friends about the fraud before killing himself, a court heard.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2019/09/20/camelot-employee-told-friends-about-lottery-fraud-court-told/

As part of its sponsorship of the 2019 Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators [ITAI] Crash Test and Research Day, e2e Total Loss Vehicle Management [e2e] arranged for specific research to be undertaken into low speed, fraudulent, staged accidents.  Analysis from the crash tests has shown how the forensic examination of vehicle damage patterns can be used to identify staged accidents and support insurers in detecting and repudiating fraudulent ‘Crash for Cash’ claims.  Anecdotally, when forensic examiners are instructed on appropriately assessed claims, the instruction to success ratio in terms of identifying fraud is 1:2.  Currently, however, forensic examiners are not typically instructed on low speed crash claims.

https://www.fleetpoint.org/insurance/vehicle-damage-patterns-act-as-fraud-indicators-in-staged-accidents/

There will, I suspect, be many within the mortgage market who would like to eradicate some of the more dubious practices that can take place.

Tenancy fraud totalling an estimated £700,000 has been stopped after a crackdown in Wolverhampton.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2019/09/17/695000-of-tenancy-fraud-stopped-in-wolverhampton/

An alleged conman conspired with a Camelot employee to fake his way to a multimillion-pound National Lottery win more than a decade ago, a court has heard.

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-09-19/man-conspired-with-lottery-employee-to-fake-his-way-to-2-5m-jackpot/

The Austrian has already been banned for four years and quit Groupama-FDJ after the revelations

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/georg-preidler-charged-fraud-admitting-involvement-operation-aderlass-blood-doping-ring-438007

A mother of three from Bradford who had £70,000 tucked away in five bank accounts has been sentenced to a community order for benefit fraud.

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17892826.benefit-fraud-mum-70-000-tucked-away-five-bank-accounts/?ref=twtrec