Two new crash for cash scams are spreading across London and may well be on course to appear in a town near you. Scams move quickly between large towns and cities, so now is not the time to be complacent. One new scam involves mopeds hiding out of sight until an unwitting victim appears, at…
The sustained crackdown on insurance fraud is paying dividends with a fall in both the number and cost of dishonest claims uncovered last year according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). However, the average detected fraud was at a record £12,283, due to the slower fall in their total value. Fraudulent claims…
Have you heard the one about ….. The gardener who made several fake claims for alleged injuries to his knee and elbow – one after he said he had slipped on decking, another while tripping on stairs. Unfortunately for him his claims fell apart when social media posts showed him weightlifting and jet skiing despite…
Despite the publicity surrounding cash for crash cases and the success of prosecutions against the perpetrators, there are still people willing to try making money from a staged accident. In a recent case a brother and sister, along with their friend, have been sentenced for carrying out a ‘crash for cash’ scheme on a roundabout,…
UPDATE A woman jailed for making 31 fraudulent medical claims, including one where she stated that her daughter had sustained serious injuries in the terror attack at M.E.N Arena in Manchester, has now been ordered pay back £139,000. We reported last year that Susan Pain of Kirkby, Liverpool, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to…
A benefits cheat has been sentenced for not disclosing a fraud conviction when buying insurance, even though she was convicted in 2015 for falsely claiming £44,000. Juliet Martinessa pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud by failing to disclose information, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). She…
One year after he was convicted for his part in helping to launder £1.2m from fraud victims, a man has been sentenced for making a fake claim for a Rolex watch. Following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), Daniel Silver was sentenced at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court and…
CCTV played a major role in convicting a woman from Chester who was charged and sentenced after faking a burglary and setting fire to her car as part of an elaborate insurance scam. Hayley Barlow pleaded guilty to fraud, perverting the course of justice and possession of a class A drug at Chester Crown Court…
A woman has been sentenced after she made 31 fraudulent insurance claims for unexpected overheads encountered by medical professionals, including one where she stated that her daughter had sustained serious injuries in the terror attack at M.E.N Arena in Manchester. Following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), Susan…
The Association of British Insurers is warning the public to put the phone down on cold-callers passing themselves off as the ABI. The voice of the UK’s world leading insurance and long-term savings industry has been contacted by members of the public who have reported getting cold calls from a firm purporting to be the…
