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FRAUD gangs are targeting parts of Scotland they previously could not reach in a new wave of organised crime, according to new reports.
Bank and credit card fraud has climbed dramatically around the country’s coastal areas and islands as criminals target victims by phone and email.
https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/from-islands-to-inner-cities-how-a-new-generation-of-crooks-is-ripping-off-scots-other-thieves-failed-to-reach/?utm_source=twitter
She was sentenced to four years after pretending to have cancer and claiming over £250,000 in funds from her husband and extended family.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2018/12/14/jail-for-woman-who-went-to-extreme-lengths-in-fake-cancer-fraud/
The problem is sufficiently acute to have prompted the UK’s four big mobile operators to launch an anti-phishing initiative, aimed specifically at protecting their customers from bank account fraud.
https://www.cashlady.com/news/big-four-mobile-networks-team-up-to-fight-a-rising-tide-of-phone-fraud/
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) claims that Bessent, ACCA, used his position as director of pension scheme trustees Gleeson Bessent Trustees to transfer more than £200,000 to accounts controlled by him.
https://economia.icaew.com/news/december-2018/first-ever-fraud-prosecution-for-pensions-regulator#.XBJ5iIUJJG8.twitter
A British man has been charged in the US for allegedly participating in a 300 million US dollar (£239 million) scheme to defraud investors in a deal to take a London-listed healthcare company private.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/british-man-charged-alleged-239-183012069.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&guccounter=1
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453892/Phishing-at-centre-of-cyber-attack-on-Ukraine-infrastructure
In the past year, 37 firms regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) reported they had repelled attempted fraudulent attacks with 11 firms saying they had been the victims of fraud.
https://www.mortgagefinancegazette.com/legal-news/conveyancing/11-conveyancing-firms-victims-fraud-03-12-2018/
Woman from West Bromwich, pleaded guilty to contempt of court after she fraudulently claimed damages against Walsall Council.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/12/02/woman-slapped-with-suspended-sentence-for-faking-pothole-injury-claim/
A Rosyth woman has been convicted of gaining almost £90,000 in benefits fraud in a scam lasting for over five years
https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/17284350.rosyth-woman-guilty-of-90000-benefit-fraud/
Believing she was in love with a jet-setting millionaire but in reality she was being scammed.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/staffordshire-woman-loses-30k-after-2233128
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