Jail for gang who conned Clacton and Colchester pensioners out of £1m – BBC News
‘A gang of five rogue traders who conned elderly men and women in Essex out of more than £1m have been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: fraud
Students told they face jail for lying on their CV – The Independent
‘Fraud prevention officers have sent a new guide to every university in the country warning students they could face jail for telling “white lies” on their CVs to make them more impressive.’
The Independent, 3rd July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
CPS fraud couple ordered to pay back £300,000 – BBC News
‘A couple who were jailed for conning the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) out of more than £1m have been ordered to pay back in excess of £300,000 by a court.’
BBC News, 27th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman who took selfies next to dead body cleared of murder – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of murdering a former teacher, but a woman who took selfies next to the corpse has been cleared.’
The Guardian, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sham marriages ‘double in four years’, Home Office figures show – Daily Telegraph
‘The number of suspected sham marriages being reported by registrars has doubled in four years, official Home Office figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Rights of European Citizens and their Spouses to Come to the UK: Inspecting the Application Process and the Tackling of Abuse – Home Office
‘An inspection of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s handling of this European casework by John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.’
Home Office, 19th June 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Regina (Eastenders Cash and Carry plc and others) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners; Regina (First Stop Wholesale Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily
‘Although customs could only exercise the power under section 139(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 to detain goods when those goods were actually liable to forfeiture, they had a general power to detain goods which was ancillary to their power to examine them and conduct and investigation to ascertain whether they were so liable.’
WLR Daily, 11th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina v Ahmad and another; Regina v Fields and others – WLR Daily
Regina v Ahmad and another: Regina v Fields and others: [2014] UKSC 36; [2014] WLR (D) 264
‘Where the court, in confiscation proceedings, found that the benefit of the relevant criminal conduct had been jointly obtained, each defendant was liable for the whole of the amount of the benefit and no apportionment was to be made between the co-defendants. However, to avoid double recovery by the state, where there was finding of joint obtaining, so that the confiscation order in respect of each defendant was made for the value of the whole benefit, the order would contain the condition that it would not to be enforced to the extent that a sum had been recovered by way of satisfaction of another confiscation order made in relation to the same joint benefit.’
WLR Daily, 18th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Immigration inspector warns of rise in proxy marriage misuse – The Guardian
‘The chief inspector of borders has warned of increasing abuse of overseas “proxy marriages”, at which neither party is present at the ceremony, as a way to subvert British immigration rules.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (Appellant) v Ahmad and another (Respndents); R (Respondent) v Fields and others (Appellants) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 18th June 2014
Businessman jailed for fraud after faking own death – Daily Telegraph
‘Debt-ridden businessman Sanjay Kumar faked his own death to claim millions of pounds in life insurance.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bootle benefits fraud woman ‘invented’ six children – BBC News
‘A woman who invented six children in order to claim extra state benefits, has been jailed for a year.’
BBC News, 16th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bin Laden surrogate jailed after faking pregnancies – Daily Telegraph
‘Louise Pollard, who once agreed to act as a surrogate for Bin Laden’s son, is jailed for pretending to carry children for other desperate couples’
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court: “reasonable suspicion” entitled customs officers to detain goods pending tax enquiries – OUT-LAW.com
‘Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are entitled to detain goods pending further investigation where they have “reasonable grounds to suspect” that excise duties have not been paid, the Supreme Court has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th June 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
Law Commission: lack of government support led us to drop injury fraud project –
‘The Law Commission has said that lack of support from the Ministry of Justice was behind its decision not to include the law on fraud by personal injury victims in its latest reform programme.’
Litigation Futures, 10th June 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
New laws to stop claims firms giving away tablet PCs – BBC News
‘Lawyers and claims firms are to be banned from offering incentives such as free tablet computers to encourage people to make insurance claims’
BBC News, 7th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Exaggerated whiplash claims to be thrown out of court in Government crackdown – The Independent
‘Anyone exaggerating whiplash or other injuries to get compensation will be thrown out of court in a Government crackdown on dishonest claims.’
The Independent, 7th June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Two more guilty of record boiler room fraud – BBC News
‘New convictions in the UK’s biggest-ever boiler room scam bring the total convictions in this £70m fraud to nine.’
BBC News, 4th June 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fraudulent faith healer jailed for 10 years – The Guardian
‘A woman who posed as a faith healer to con vulnerable victims out of almost £1m has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Guardian, 30th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
