Frauds

A cruel fraudster who stole and frittered away an elderly and vulnerable woman’s life savings has been jailed. Martin Sibcy, aged 54, had been entrusted with the 80-year-old’s personal finances but abused that trust for his own personal gain.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/fraudster-jailed-after-stealing-elderly-womans-life-savings-and-frittering-it-away/

A "low-level conman" from Northamptonshire has been jailed after taking money for DIY work he never even started. Alan Fitzgerald, 55, previously of Raunds, appeared at Northampton Crown Court today (July 15).

Fraudsters are already gearing up to steal from people heading off to university this year, with purchase scams targeting students up by 17% over the last year, according to Lloyds (LLOY.L).

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scam-fraud-lloyds-students-094914226.html

DVLA are cautioning drivers to watch out for a new scam that is seeing motorists lose up to £5,000. The DVLA said people should not share their V5C log book on social media or selling sites.

https://www.kentlive.news/news/motoring/dvla-issues-urgent-warning-over-7334668?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Wilfred Mpofu, 32, of Tenby Drive, Luton, claimed he had stage four pancreatic cancer and needed the money for an operation at a private hospital in Switzerland.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-62208615

A conman from Cheshire has been been jailed for his part in a £22m pension fraud. Mark Kelly, 51, of Maplewood Road, Wilmslow, and his accomplice, Rikki Nicholls from Bromsgrove, were both sentenced to a total of six years in prison.

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/cheshire-man-jailed-role-22m-24517916?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Police are warning people to be on their guard after a pensioner in Blackburn was scammed out of £38,000 and persuaded to buy a Rolex watch.

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-07-04/scammers-trick-pensioner-into-buying-38k-rolex-watch-in-cruel-fraud

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) could monitor claimants social media or bank accounts as part of a new fraud crackdown. The government body outlined a £613 million plan to stop around £2 billion losses due to fraud and error over the next five years.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/dwp-could-monitor-claimants-social-24434791?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

The former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has insisted he is “clean with my conscience and clean in my spirit” after being cleared of defrauding football’s governing body by a Swiss court.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/08/sepp-blatter-and-michel-platini-acquitted-of-fraud-swiss-court?CMP=share_btn_tw

A man from London has been sentenced for setting up hundreds of fraudulent insurance policies on behalf of other people by using false details and compromised bank accounts.

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2022/july/ghost-broker-who-profited-over-50k-through-hundreds-of-bogus-insurance-policies-sentenced/