Tag Result: fraud

Insurance claims negotiator stole £140k through fake cases
A former insurance employee pocketed £136,425 over four years by submitting false claims ...

Skipton foils £60m of mortgage fraud and scams in 2020
Skipton Building Society has prevented more than £60m worth of fraud this year by spottin...

Taxpayers may lose £26bn on unpaid Bounce Back Loans
The government faces a potential loss of £15bn to £26bn through fraudulent firms applyin...

‘Criminally obtained’ £10m property empire seized from businessman linked to organised crime
A businessman who used a convicted fraudster as his accountant has had a property empire w...

FCA wants data analytics to help identify vulnerable customers and prevent fraud
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is focussing on preventing fraud and scams and suppo...

‘Don’t be afraid to ask probing questions’ to prevent mortgage fraud, brokers told
The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has warned brokers to be vigilant for mortgage...

Property portfolio worth £17m seized from organised crime group
A gang of organised criminals have had 59 properties worth £17m seized by the National Cr...

Advisers have duty of care as fraudsters step up scam activity – Hunt
‘Time and tide wait for no man...’ Well over six hundred years after Chaucer wrote tho...

Solicitor struck off after being jailed for aiding mortgage frauds
A solicitor has been struck off the professional roll after being jailed for facilitating ...

Man uses fraudulent HMRC payments to put offer on £2.6m house
A man has been jailed for creating two fraudulent payments worth £2.9m from his employer ...