Frauds

Replacing the neutral expression used for identification photographs with an open-mouth smile could help prevent identity fraud, new research suggests.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/passport-photos-smiling-identity-fraud-face-matching-easier-study-york-a8409681.html

The lab uses isotope analysis for provenance testing, counter-fraud and authentication of organic produce at a commercial level.

https://www.farminguk.com/news/Small-North-Yorkshire-laboratory-wins-contract-to-help-battle-meat-fraud_49574.html

The 33-year-old mother-of-three pleaded guilty to claiming £10,811 of Income Support and £15,964 of housing benefit she was not entitled to.

http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/16300007.Stable_worker_admits___27k_benefits_fraud/

Staffordshire Police are asking people to talk to their elderly family members and neighbours about phone scams on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, as it’s one of the main methods of fraud targeting older or vulnerable people.

https://alittlebitofstone.com/2018/06/15/vishing-fraud-warning-on-world-elder-abuse-awareness-day/

West Midlands is a hotspot for the crime

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hajj-fraud-rockets-150-per-14702786

Between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018, Action Fraud received 6,486 reports of ticket fraud. In the same period, the total reported losses to victims were £3,344,835; an average of £568 per victim.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/more-than-3m-lost-to-ticket-fraud-in-one-year-jun18

A serial ticket tout who began reoffending within six weeks of being released from prison has been sentenced to three years in jail.

http://news.met.police.uk/news/serial-ticket-tout-jailed-309901

Both sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday 11 June 2018, following a number of courier frauds committed across the county between 1 June and 2 November 2017.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/south-east/news/fraudsters-jailed-tricking-elderly-and-vulnerable-victims-kent

A benefits cheat who had nearly £400,000 in the bank was caught after officials found Facebook pictures of her enjoying lavish foreign holidays.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5850033/Benefits-cheat-400-000-bank-went-lavish-holidays-abroad.html

Together, the men have been charged with falsely claiming more than £110,000 in benefits connected to the Grenfell Tower disaster.

http://www.shepherdsbushw12.com/shared/hfcrime279.htm