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Police described the romance fraudsters as "persuasive, cruel, forceful and manipulative"
A Kingswood rogue trader cold-called at the homes of vulnerable older people and lied about doing work for them.
Fake sickness fraudster Brian Cromby was left feeling queasy today, after he was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court and jailed for 12 months.
"I was shaking with rage and stress, I couldn't believe this had happened."
Sue is describing the moment she discovered that her late mother, Margaret (not their real names), who'd spent the last years of her life battling dementia, had had more than £14,000 stolen through direct debit fraud.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-your-money-49110187
Hardeep Dehal, a serving Metropolitan Police officer, has today (24 July) been found guilty of planning to fraudulently claim £18,415 in a staged crash-for-cash with a Tesco delivery van.
https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps-london-north-london-south/news/police-officer-found-guilty-ps18000-crash-cash-fraud
Customers had reported missing bank cards in the same area he was delivering mail
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is carrying out seven criminal investigations into potential scams with indicative losses to savers' pensions of around £55m, the pensions watchdog has revealed.
https://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/3079384/tpr-looking-into-seven-scam-investigations-posing-gbp55m-loss-to-savers
Scots investigators have helped bust a €200 million scam when tuna fish caught for canning were treated with chemicals before being sold as fresh.
Controversial plans to make all Brits show ID at polling stations are set to go ahead - despite more than 1,000 have been denied a vote during trials.
The impersonation of lawyers to commit advance fee frauds has been added to the list of large-scale cyber-attacks from which the government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is trying to protect the public, it has emerged.
https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/crime-agency-adds-online-lawyer-impersonation-to-hit-list
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