SRA warns solicitors over ‘deepfake’ clients and vendor fraud – Legal Futures

‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned lawyers who rely on video calls to identify clients of the risks posed by “deepfake” technology.’

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Legal Futures, 12th March 2024

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

BNE [2023]: Disclosure and the use of child decoy profiles in sexual communication cases – Park Square Barristers

‘The Appellant was charged with attempted sexual communication with a child (count 1) and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity (count 2) after communicating with a decoy profile (‘X’).’

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Park Square Barristers, 31st October 2023

Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk

Man found guilty of stalking Gavin Williamson – The Guardian

Posted October 19th, 2023 in government departments, impersonation, news, stalking by sally

‘A man has been found guilty of stalking the former education secretary Gavin Williamson.’

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The Guardian, 18th October 2023

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Man who blackmailed children into sending him indecent images jailed – Crown Prosecution Service

‘A man who pretended to be a teenage girl on social media to blackmail young boys into sending him nude images has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd September 2023

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

A Question of Identity – Voter Identification – 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square

‘This article is intended to serve as an update on the new voter identification rules that have been introduced as a result of the voter identity requirements provisions contained in the Elections Act 2022. Save to note that, prior to its enactment, the proposed legislation attracted considerable debate as to whether the historic level of electoral fraud, and in particular personation, within the United Kingdom justified the introduction of these requirements the author does not intend to cover the arguments for or against them.’

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4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 7th March 2023

Source: www.4-5.co.uk

Driver jailed after pretending to be undercover police officer following crash – The Independent

‘A driver who pretended to be an undercover police officer and brandished a knife after crashing his car under the influence of drugs has been jailed.’

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The Independent, 13th January 2022

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Man jailed for posing as a police officer and trying to ‘arrest’ woman – The Independent

‘A man has been jailed after impersonating a police officer and attempting to “arrest” a woman.’

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The Independent, 8th October 2021

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Katrice Lee: Woman sentenced for impersonating missing toddler – BBC News

‘A woman who used social media to impersonate a toddler missing for almost 40 years has been handed a suspended jail term.’

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BBC News, 30th October 2019

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Bogus lawyer convicted for second time – Legal Futures

‘A man has pleaded guilty to five counts of providing unqualified immigration advice and services, some 13 years after an identical conviction.’

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Legal Futures, 14th August 2018

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Judges reject appeal by planning defendant over ‘impersonation’ in magistrates court – Local Government Lawyer

‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim that a fine and a £4m-plus proceeds of crime order made over a planning case in Ealing should be overturned because the defendant was impersonated in the magistrates’ court.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2018

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Banker who rode police motorbike in police jacket convicted for alleged deception – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 9th, 2018 in deceit, fines, impersonation, news by tracey

‘When Darren Emanuel sped through the congested streets of central London, it was hardly surprising that motorists slowed down or swiftly moved out of his path. The City banker was riding an old police motorbike and wearing a former police high-visibility jacket. However, all was not quite as it seemed. The 46-year-old had never been a police officer and was in fact, simply making his way to and from work.’

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Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2018

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sherlock Holmes fraudster who used name of fictional detective is jailed – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 20th, 2017 in fraud, impersonation, news, sentencing by sally

‘As Sherlock Holmes once mused: “Crime is common. Logic is rare.”

Indeed, it seems fraudster Aaron Cowan was rather lacking in logic when he decided to pose as a police officer and use the name of a fictional detective from the famed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle series to commit his crimes.’

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Daily Telegraph, 19th October 2017

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Gayle Newland: Woman who tricked friend into sex by pretending she was a man jailed for six years – The Independent

Posted July 21st, 2017 in assault, impersonation, news, retrials, sexual offences by tracey

‘A woman who pretended to be a man to trick a friend into having sex with her has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.’

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The Independent, 20th July 2017

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Gayle Newland: Sex attacker who posed as man found guilty – BBC News

Posted June 30th, 2017 in assault, impersonation, news, sexual offences by tracey

‘A woman has been convicted of impersonating a man for more than two years in an “astonishing deception” to trick her female friend into sex.’

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BBC News, 29th June 2017

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Woman who used fake penis to have sex with a woman avoids jail – The Guardian

Posted December 16th, 2015 in assault, impersonation, news, sentencing, sexual offences, suspended sentences by sally

‘A woman who wore a body suit and used a fake penis when having sex with a woman she met online has avoided jail.’

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The Guardian, 15th December 2015

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Regina (Hysaj and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted November 30th, 2015 in citizenship, fraud, impersonation, law reports by sally

Regina (Hysaj and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 1195; [2015] WLR (D) 482

‘In a case of impersonation where a person had fraudulently made false representations about his own identity and that fraud was material to the grant of naturalisation, the grant of nationality was a nullity.’

WLR Daily, 26th November 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Fake lawyer Mohammed Kabba jailed for ‘tricking judges’ – BBC News

Posted August 14th, 2015 in impersonation, news, perverting the course of justice, sentencing by tracey

‘A man who tricked high-ranking judges into thinking he was a solicitor has been sentenced to 16 months in prison.’

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BBC News, 14th August 2015

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Swift 1st Ltd v Chief Land Registrar – WLR Daily

Swift 1st Ltd v Chief Land Registrar [2015] EWCA Civ 330; [2015] WLR (D) 167

‘The proprietor of a registered charge which turned out to have been a forged disposition was entitled to payment by way of indemnity under Schedule 8 to the Land Registration Act 2002 in circumstances where the registered proprietor and rightful owner of the property was in actual occupation at the date of the disposition.’

WLR Daily, 1st April 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Woman who cancelled brother’s wedding jailed for eight weeks – The Guardian

Posted February 12th, 2014 in guilty pleas, harassment, impersonation, news, sentencing by sally

‘A woman who cancelled her brother’s wedding in what a court heard was like an EastEnders plotline has been jailed for eight weeks.’

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The Guardian, 11th February 2014

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Peter Kay brother imposter jailed for 24 months – BBC News

Posted June 26th, 2013 in fraud, impersonation, news, sentencing by sally

“A conman who posed as the brother of comedian Peter Kay while pretending to raise money for a boy with cancer has been jailed for 24 months.”

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BBC News, 24th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk