Six suspects have been arrested during a search operation on 19 properties throughout England. Three are being held in custody to appear before magistrates. The action relates to an investigation into suspected advance fee fraud and commercial rent fraud. The searches, involving more than a hundred investigators and police officers, took place to prevent further loss to victims.
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SFO – Serious Fraud Office – Swoop on 19 properties in International commercial loans fraud
Sentencing of Christopher Proudfoot – Highnet Fraud
NORTHERN Constabulary welcomed the sentence handed out to Christopher Proudfoot for his involvement in embezzling money from Highland communications firm HighNet.
He was sentenced to three years and four months in prison following the hearing at Inverness Sheriff Court today.
Inverness Area Commander, Julian Innes said: “This case should serve as a warning to any employee thinking [...]
Bank Fraud – Distraction Theft
About 1445 hours on Tuesday 24th February 2009 two eastern European males entered the Bank of Scotland, High Street, Nairn, whilst a third male remained outside the bank acting as a lookout.
One of the males entered the bank and asked the cashier to exchange a large quantity of notes for smaller denominations. Whilst the cashier [...]
Credit Card Fraud – Huge Increase
APACS announces latest fraud figures
Plastic card fraud losses up 14% to £301.7m in first six months of 2008
Fraud abroad accounts for 40% of total card fraud losses
Online banking fraud losses up by 185% to £21.4m
Cheque fraud losses up by 35% to £20.4m
Figures released by APACS, the UK payments association, show that total card [...]
Companies House Ugent Fraud Warnings
FRAUDULENT JOB OFFERS & VISA SCAMS
Companies House is seeing an increase in the number of complaints and queries regarding apparent job offers in the UK. These include offers with Oil companies and the Banking, Hotel and College sectors.
Adverts, presently purporting to be from oil or petroleum companies, for a variety of well-paid jobs in the UK [...]
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