Fraud

UK Housing Benefit recoveries and fraud increase

UK Housing Benefit recoveries and fraud increase

  • 11th March 2015

Housing Benefit Recoveries and Fraud National Statistics 2014/2015 Q1 & Q2 Data The latest National Statistics on Housing Benefits Recoveries and Fraud (HBRF) data produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 11th March 2015 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/410389/housing-benefit-recoveries-fraud-statistics-apr-sep-2014.pdf

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Saint-Émilion Moves to Stamp Out Fraud

Saint-Émilion Moves to Stamp Out Fraud

  • 11th March 2015

A new security system aims to protect to both producers and customers from counterfeits. Saint-Émilion has stepped up the war on counterfeiting with the adoption of a sophisticated anti-fraud label that will allow producers to pinpoint the location of fraudulent bottles. The new anti-fraud stamp combines a unique QR code and…

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Entrepreneur backed by Dragon’s Den investor jailed for fraud

Entrepreneur backed by Dragon’s Den investor jailed for fraud

  • 26th February 2015

An entrepreneur who was backed by Dragon’s Den investor Richard Farleigh has been jailed after swindling £273,000 in VAT fraud. Andrew Smith, 52, received financial backing for his surfboard tracking business from Richard Farleigh after contacting the Dragon’s Den investor in 2008. But the same year, Smith began making false VAT returns after his…

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Four arrested in multimillion-pound fraud raids

Four arrested in multimillion-pound fraud raids

  • 26th February 2015

Four people have been arrested in raids by officers investigating a multimillion-pound fraud operation. More than 100 police officers and customs officials raided properties across East Anglia and Surrey as part of the investigation into fraudulently trading companies. A man, 26, and woman, 32, were detained in Bedford, a 66-year-old…

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Why you should never trust what you read on a CV

Why you should never trust what you read on a CV

  • 19th February 2015

Job applications should not be trusted on first viewing as the majority of CVs are riddled with inaccuracies, a new study has revealed. More than half, or 56pc, of job applications in 2014 included incorrect details about the candidate, according to a survey by the employment due diligence service HireRight….

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Dad jailed for £1million sandwich shop tax fraud

Dad jailed for £1million sandwich shop tax fraud

  • 19th February 2015

John Baker, 62, and his partner Tracey Walmsley spent the money at high-end stores such as Louis Vuitton and Harvey Nichols, drove expensive sports cars and took luxury holidays. Baker’s daughter, Amy, 27, ran Amy’s Sandwich Bar in Hull, after her father bought the business in 2006. She told tax…

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Insolvency body calls for criminal bankruptcy

Insolvency body calls for criminal bankruptcy

  • 16th February 2015

        Insolvency trade body R3 has called for the reintroduction of criminal bankruptcy in a bid to target fraud According to R3, bringing back criminal bankruptcy orders would allow the retrieval of funds from defendants in a more effective way than permitted under the current system. Criminal…

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Dating fraud increases by 33%

Dating fraud increases by 33%

  • 13th February 2015

Online dating fraud has increased by a third in the last year at a cost of millions of pounds to the UK public, new figures show. The figures from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) show a 33% increase in online dating fraud cases last year compared with 2013, with…

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