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An estate agent has been jailed for 25 months and banned from being a director for five years after stealing deposits as he tried to prop up his failing business.
A teenager who conned elderly victims out of thousands of pounds has been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.
The records of hundreds of patients who received treatment from a bogus psychiatrist are being reviewed by health boards across Scotland.
A “despicable” Shropshire rogue trader who pressured two couples into paying more than £16,000 for shoddy work on their homes has been jailed for more than two years.
A fraudster who conned six victims into paying a total of £12,318 for deposits on rental properties has been jailed.
Research by travel association ABTA recently revealed that £7 million was lost by more than 5,000 victims last year to holiday booking fraud.
Notorious conman Mark Acklom has been sentenced to five years in prison after admitting to swindling a woman he agreed to marry out of £300,000.
Shropshire Council has welcomed the sentencing of a rogue trader that pressured vulnerable people into paying out more than £15,000 for shoddy work on their homes.
The increased digitalisation of commercial transactions has encouraged criminals to find new ways to defraud their victims, and in some cases, created new issues for the Courts to untangle. In K v A [2019] EWHC 1118, a commodities case on appeal from a GAFTA arbitration award, various issues arising from hacked emails and the payment of over USD 1 million into a fraudulent account, were examined by the Court.
http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/833038/White+Collar+Crime+Fraud/Hacked+Emails+And+Fraudulent+Accounts+A+Modern+Tale
Card fraud abroad is rife, with Brits losing £174 million a year. One holidaymaker explains how she lost over £1,000 during a dream trip to Bali.
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