Frauds

A fraudster using a false National Insurance number cheated the State out of £93,000 in benefits while working in a shower factory

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/shower-company-employee-admits-benefits-fraud

An man in his 80s was left unable to buy food and considered taking his own life after being tricked by a con artist on a dating site.

http://www.itv.com/news/central/2018-06-25/80-year-old-man-conned-out-of-6-000-by-woman-he-met-on-dating-site/

Potential tenants are being tricked into paying an upfront fee for properties that effectively do not exist - and the con artists are incredibly clever - this is what to spot them

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/rental-fraud-surges-people-losing-12760261

According to data obtained through a FoI request by moneysupermarket.com, only 1,087 cases of motor insurance fraud were reported to the 13 police forces that returned data sets on request from the comparison website. This is despite the fact that the ABI has reported 68,000 cases since 2016.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/auto-motor/massive-shortfall-in-car-insurance-fraud-reporting-revealed-104292.aspx

Rental fraud happens when prospective tenants are tricked into paying an upfront fee to rent a property. In reality, the property does not exist, has already been rented out, or has been rented to multiple victims at the same time

https://actionfraud.police.uk/news/22-million-lost-to-rental-fraud-jun18

A trustee of the Optimum Retirement Benefits Plan has been suspended by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) following the launch of a police investigation into a suspected liberation scam.

https://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/3034544/pensions-regulator-suspends-trustee-after-police-fraud-investigation

This follows the second phase of one of the largest investigations into car insurance fraud in the UK. The operation was carried out by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) in collaboration with its insurer members and Gwent Police.

https://www.insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2018/77-fraudsters-guilty-in-second-part-of-major-crash-for-cash-investigation/

A man was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for abusing his position as a director of a travel agency, by making a false travel insurance claim worth and stealing from his customers diverting their payment into his personal bank account

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1014/man_sentenced_after_stealing_over__70_000_in_seri#%3Fcn%3DZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y%26refsrc%3Demail

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