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Three men are accused of fleecing National Lottery out of £10,000 after ‘claiming they were children’s charity workers to get a grant’ Men appear in court charged with getting grant after claiming to work for charity Allegedly said cash would fund project called ‘Community Learning for Children’ Atanu Bhattacharjee, Anisur Rahman Khan and Kabir Chowdhury all deny … Read more
A former finance boss who fleeced his employers out of £3million and spent the money on sports cars and jewellery is fighting confiscation of £50,000 from his pension. Simon Olver, 41, doctored paperwork to convince French financial giant Industriel et Commercial (CIC) to pay £2,941,166 into his personal bank account. The bank believed that the payments … Read more
Three generations of a family face losing their home after a grandmother was fleeced of £180,000 in a ‘state-sanctioned’ pension scam. Patricia Yates, 58, shares the home with her husband Geoffrey, 62, daughter Geraldine Oatham, 35, and 11-year-old grandson Paddy. But they face an uncertain future after losing the nest egg she had worked for … Read more
Almost £2million has been lost to coronavirus-related fraud across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Action Fraud said it seen a number of different scams relating to Covid-19, including people and businesses falling victim to online shopping frauds. People have been conned into paying for protective face masks or hand sanitiser that do not exist. The … Read more
Holiday booking fraud is on the rise with more than £7million fleeced out of victims last year More than 5,000 British holidaymakers reported losses from booking scams Most related to sale of airline tickets targeting people visiting Africa and India Other cases involve payments to stay at upmarket villas that don’t even exist By Jennifer … Read more