Frauds

A benefits cheat who faked the identities of almost 200 children to pocket public money has been ordered to repay more than £2million.

Ali Bana Mohamed, 42, has three months to return the cash or face a nine-year prison sentence, the Department for Work and Pensions said.

Billed as a “game-changer” and providing a significant change in gear in the UK’s fight against corporate crime since the Bribery Act 2010, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023.

The Act represents a marked shift in how law enforcement bodies will deal with the scourge of fraud. Although the Act will strengthen anti-money laundering powers and reform Companies House, it is the approach to corporate criminal liability and its amending of the ‘directing mind and will’ test that has many querying how it will affect their businesses.

Two men who pretended to be police officers and preyed on elderly victims, forcing them to hand over more than £400,000 have been jailed.

Mohammed Zaman Ahmed, 26, and Kawsar Ahmed, 25, were sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday 19 December for a combined total of more than seven years for fraud.

People who have been tricked into transferring money to scammers will be able to receive up to £415,000 back per claim under new fraud reimbursal requirements coming into force next year, a regulator has confirmed.

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) outlined the new consumer protections against authorised push payment (APP) fraud, which will come into force from 7 October 2024.

Three men have been jailed for their involvement in a sophisticated and professional scam which cost one bank almost £100,000 as scores of debit and credit cards were skimmed and cloned in Carlisle.

Police were alerted to the trio’s fraud on 7 March as security staff reported that a card skimmer had been found on a parking ticket machine at The Lanes city centre car park.

A Broxtowe resident in her 70s lost more than £35,000 after handing over her bank cards.

A Kirkby-in-Ashfield victim, a woman in her 40s, had her cards used across Nottingham and Birmingham, while a third person noticed two iPhones had been purchased with a bank card she was tricked into handing over on her doorstep at her home near Bingham.

Courier scams in Nottinghamshire are evolving with fraudsters now tricking victims into handing over their banks cards on the doorstep.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/warning-over-rise-in-courier-scams-in-nottinghamshire/

A Broxtowe residentA Broxtowe resident in her 70s lost more than £35,000 after handing over her bank cards.

A Kirkby-in-Ashfield victim, a woman in her 40s, had her cards used across Nottingham and Birmingham, while a third person noticed two iPhones had been purchased with a bank card she was tricked into handing over on her doorstep at her home near Bingham.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/woman-loses-35000-after-handing-over-bank-cards-to-nottinghamshire-scammers/

Fake messages can be difficult to spot and criminals put in a lot of effort to make their communication look legitimate so it’s important to take your time and not act too quickly.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/mulletover

A WARNING has been issued about fraudsters targeting vulnerable people over the Christmas period - after thousands of pounds were stolen from a resident who was hoodwinked by over-the-phone scammers.

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/26826/courier-fraud-warning-issued-to-elderly-residents/