Private Sector

Eight years ago my business partner, Anthony Miller, first introduced the term MOWMAT – ‘Meals on Wheels Masquerading as Tech’ to describe the likes of Just Eat and Deliveroo. But since then we have had all manner of companies ‘masquerading as tech’ such as Cazoo ‘Used car dealer masquerading as tech’’, The Hut Group ‘beauty products retailer masquerading as tech’. I could go on and on…

https://www.techmarketview.com/ukhotviews/archive/2022/11/19/failure-is-normal-but-failure-by-fraud-is-not-ok

Fuel fraudsters continue to ‘skim a little off the top’.

The post pandemic e-commerce boom has fueled a marked increase in demand for logistics services. As a result, global fuel and fleet markets have expanded their business operations to meet this increased demand. For criminals, this has created a unique opportunity to take advantage of the ‘new normal’ and ‘skim a little off the top’. The past year’s steep increases in fuel costs have also contributed to increases in fraud, with drivers 'stealing' fuel via their fuel cards for their personal use or on-selling.

A car dealer from the Black Country who specialised in camper-van conversions has pleaded guilty to fraud and selling a dangerous vehicle.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/rowley-regis/2022/11/10/car-dealer-from-sandwell-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-and-selling-dangerous-vehicle/

A disgruntled former Sky employee tried to blackmail the broadcaster for more than £40,000 worth of Bitcoin after he was sacked.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sky-employee-imoudu-chaba-blackmail-124624225.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

The UK High Court has ordered PGI Global to shut down.

Company was believed to be involved in cryptocurrency fraud.

High Court did the same with Micasa WW Ltd. in August 2022.

A man accused of fraud by the Vatican has been linked to the collapse of a London restaurant group, leaving staff and suppliers tens of thousands out of pocket.

https://www.cityam.com/vatican-fraud-suspect-linked-to-collapsed-london-seafood-chain/

The first pictures have been released of two con artists who helped cheat a tap firm out of £107,000.

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-10-20/pair-jailed-for-cheating-tap-company-out-of-107k

The National Business Crime Centre (NBCC) is holding a national week of action to support businesses and reduce business crime across the country.

https://nbcc.police.uk/news/nbcc-launches-national-week-of-action-to-target-business-crime

A former finance boss accused of taking almost three-quarters of a million pounds has had his trial put back until next summer.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fraud-trial-former-lucy-group-040000072.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Micasa along with associated company Remultex received the order of shutting down the companies.

https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2022/08/27/uk-high-court-issued-notice-on-two-companies-indulged-in-crypto-fraud/