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HMRC VAT Deferral Email Is Latest Covid Phishing Scam

Business owners have been the target of a new email phishing scam purporting to be from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The scam, which was uncovered by accountancy outsourcing specialists Lanop Outsourcing, uses official HMRC branding […]

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Fraud: Husband & Wife Jailed For Making Fake Accident Claim

A husband and wife have been sentenced for making a fraudulent insurance claim following a car accident, and for attempting to inflate its value through a series of lies. The husband altered the timestamps on […]

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FCA Says Land Bank Fraud Victims Will Share £2.5m Compensation Fund

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has obtained High Court approval for a scheme to return £2.5 million to compensate victims of a series of unauthorised collective investment schemes. Between 2005 and 2010, around 800 people […]

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Fraud: Private Prosecution Success for Aviva, After Another CPS #Fail

A 41-year-old former law student from Dewsbury was today sentenced to 21 months for pretending to trip over a crate of orange juice cartons in a supermarket and claim for her injuries. The case is […]

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Fraud News: One in Three Under 25s Has Seen Dodgy Car Insurance Websites

The online/smartphone lifestyle means instant price comparison on things like gifts, clothing, bikes, phones or car insurance has never been easier. But is that super discount deal on your new VW, Nissan or Ford really […]

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Pub Landlady Jailed for Insurance Fraud

Sedgwick, in partnership with insurers, investigated an insurance claim which led to Donna Tracey from Flintshire, Wales, being sentenced last month to four years and eight months imprisonment for arson and insurance fraud. Ms Tracey, […]