Private Sector

Three women, including one from Grantham, face a trial for their parts in an alleged long-running fraud.

The women have all appeared at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court, where their cases were sent on to Lincoln Crown Court for trial.

A DREAMS employee has been caught stealing more than £50,000 from the company after paying himself refunds from customers.

Sunny Bhayani, 62 of Woodham Lane, Addlestone, Surrey, worked in the customer services department at Dreams in High Wycombe, committing fraud in the region of £51,794.

A devastated north Cumbria haulage company director has described crying herself to sleep and becoming depressed after her business was targeted by two scheming sisters as part of an audacious £1.2 million fraud.

Joanne Charise Palmer, 40, and her 38-year-old sibling Stephanie Palmer targeted two English firms based 150 miles apart by bombarding unsuspecting staff members with phone calls.

An alleged fraudster who bought fruit and vegetables from a supermarket before selling them on as ‘organic boxes’ to unsuspecting customers online, is being hunted by police.

Mark Bullen, 52, is currently on Kent Police’s ‘most wanted’ list – in addition to forces in Sussex and Edinburgh – over the apparent scam.

A Lake District man has been jailed for a £295,000 fraud.

Allan Livesey, 61, of Lake Road, Windermere appeared at Carlisle Crown Court and was jailed for three years one month for two counts of fraud by false representation. He has also been disqualified from holding the position of director for ten years.

How a bogus travel agent orchestrated a £2.6m scam can be revealed in detail for the first time.

Lyne Barlow, 39, formerly of Stanley, County Durham, left more than 1,400 customers out of pocket when she failed to book trips between 2019 and 2020.

A company director who deceived clients out of more than £3 million to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed for over 12 years.

Duncan Grant, 54, spent money on holidays, jewellery and luxury rented homes and cars.

Two sisters are facing prison sentences for a £1.5million-plus fraud which saw a terrified north Cumbria company secretary issued with threats that her business would be finished and her children and grandchildren harmed.

https://cumbriacrack.com/2023/06/13/sisters-made-sinister-threats-while-targeting-firms-during-1-5-million-fraud/

Yorkshire-based boss of finance company found guilty of fraud, false accounting and forgery after abusing millions of pounds of investors’ money to buy racehorses and fund other businesses.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leeds-finance-boss-sentenced-for-20-million-fraud

A Hampshire car dealer has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for clocking cars.

An investigation by Hampshire Trading Standards officers resulted in Ashley Wilson, 27, of Longfield Avenue, Fareham in Hampshire being sentenced to 45 months imprisonment, at Portsmouth Crown Court.

https://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-news/automotive-news/man-jailed-four-years-2-7-million-mile-clocking-fraud-12-06-2023