#Fraud

#Fraud

Covid-era policies initiated by the previous Conservative government include the furlough wage subsidies, 'bounce-back' loans, the Eat Out to Help Out programme and one-off grants. They were credited with propping up the economy throughout the Covid lockdowns, however, there has been criticism that the speed of the roll-out of financial support and a lack of eligibility checks led to widespread error and fraud.

Ellicott was charged in January 2024 for invoicing the city $14,000 for earthquake supplies. But according to his charging statement from the DA's office, The actual items purchased were three Oculus virtual reality headsets, four Rylo Action cameras, an HDTV projector, a Nikon DSLR camera worth nearly $2,000, four GoPro cameras, three mini instant cameras, six Microsoft tablets, and four OSMO pocket cameras with expansion kits. Moreover, Ellicott then went and just resold most of these items on eBay.

High Court enforcement agents, tasked with repossessing the premises due to unpaid rent and debts, had found the bodies of two elderly men. They felt immediate concern at the circumstances in which the bodies were being kept, Ms Bates said. Water was coming in through a leak in the roof of the mortuary room, it was running down the walls. The room was not refrigerated, the temperature within the mortuary room was no different to elsewhere in the premises.

Fraudsters are increasingly using generative AI. Deepfake video calls and synthetic identities have become more realistic at record speed. 77 percent of anti-fraud professionals have seen a clear acceleration in the past two years. But most feel ill-prepared. This is according to research by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and SAS. Modern analysis techniques can recognize suspicious patterns and transactions in real time. Network analytics exposes hidden relationships that are barely visible to humans.

The Pompey supporting pair arrived at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton for the match - the first league meeting between the rivals for 13 years - wearing hi-vis vests and carrying radio equipment to blend in with staff. The men, who live in Portsmouth, admitted fraud by false representation and going on to a playing area of a football match. They were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling just over 1,000 each.

A woman who faked her own death in a "deliberate scheme" to avoid a Circuit Criminal Court trial has been jailed for three years. Amy McAuley (35) had been due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in January 2023 on theft and attempted deception charges, after she used altered documents to take out a €10,000 loan from KBC Bank in 2018 and later unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a second €5,000 loan.

Two men from Brampton are facing charges for allegedly fabricating a police report of a carjacking in a complex fraud scheme, police said in a news release Thursday. Ontario Provincial Police said they had received a report of a carjacking in Caledon on Sept. 18 around 10 p.m. In the report, the complainant said their car was involved in a collision, then approached by two people one with a handgun who stole the car.

We really mirror the process between the police and the CPS, Davison said. The difference is that the police are agents of the state, whereas people call on Davison when the state fails to help.

The operation was earning its ringleaders tens of thousands of euros a match. Porto said one alleged ringleader had convinced dozens of people to hand over personal details, which he used to register them as club members and purchase season tickets in their names. These schemes reached an impressive scale, with dozens of seats controlled by a single individual, the club said in a statement to the Guardian.

"Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are back home safely with their family and in good spirits," a spokesperson said in a statement. "They are grateful for the outpouring of concern and support from friends, fans, and colleagues. The Osefos, alongside their legal team, look forward to their day in court. At this time, they respectfully ask for privacy as they focus on their family and the legal process ahead."

Gambling debt scandals are cautionary tales, often in the worst way possible. They show how quickly addiction can derail lives and erase fortunes, not to mention break up families and ruin relationships. Whether the person in question is an athlete, executive, lawyer or heir, they all seem to fall into the same pattern where losses compound and desperate attempts to recover the money or conceal its loss usually fail.

Britain's leading banks have warned the government against capping the resale prices of concert and event tickets, claiming the move would push ticket touts and fraudulent sellers onto unregulated social media platforms. In a submission to ministers, UK Finance, the trade body representing Lloyds, NatWest, HSBC, Barclays and more than 300 other financial institutions, said proposed ticket price caps could backfire by driving "tout activity" away from regulated platforms such as Viagogo and towards sites like Facebook Marketplace, where fans are more exposed to scams.

Fallen fintech phenom Charlie Javice, convicted of tricking JPMorgan Chase into paying $175 million for Frank, her student financial aid website, is asking a federal judge for a no-jail sentence and zero restitution. Late Monday, lawyers for Javice, 33, filed nearly 300 pages of legal arguments and support letters ahead of her scheduled September 29 sentencing on four counts of defrauding the largest US bank.