Millions of Britons are worried about fraudsters potentially racking up a several-hundred-pound spending bill on a lost or stolen card ahead of the increase in the contactless limit later this year, new research suggests. Two-thirds of people are worried about contactless fraud on their bank cards if they lose them, according to research from Zopa, … Read more
Police issue warning as ‘Covid fraudster’ goes door-to-door offering fake vaccine jabs for £160 each – saying he is ‘endangering lives’ By Antony Thrower For Mailonline Published: 00:22 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 01:06 GMT, 8 January 2021 A callous fraudster claiming to work for the NHS injected a 92-year-old woman with a fake … Read more
A financial controller stole over £437,000 from her company for a life of luxury skiing, building a new house and even a £10,000 Rolex. Emma Rhodes, 37, was jailed today for five years after the spending spree, which included an £80,000 Range Rover, despite her salary being £30,000. She used her position as financial controller for … Read more
A Royal Navy reservist swindled more than £71,000 from the Navy after he claimed money compensating him for missing out on his income as a solicitor- despite no longer having that job. Lieutenant Mark Vickers, 55, from London, fraudulently took the money by deceiving superiors and falsifying documents over the period of nearly a year, a court … Read more
Senior director at energy firm embroiled in ‘secret’ £12million payment By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 00:06 BST, 12 July 2020 A senior director at a London-listed oil and gas company has been accused of accepting an ‘illegal’ £12million payment from a wanted fraudster in a … Read more
A jet-setting art fraudster has finally been arrested after escaping the police for eight months, following accusations he stole more than $20million from art dealers. Inigo Philbrick, 33, from Connecticut, allegedly scammed collectors and dealers by selling them the same artwork for inflated prices before his fraud was uncovered in 2019. It’s a spectacular fall from … Read more