“Prison inmates are offering to take points for motorists caught speeding as part of a thriving scam, the Daily Telegraph has learned.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fiddling figures from NHS hospitals will become a criminal offence, Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is to announce.”
the Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wide range of public bodies are using private detectives to do their surveillance work, with many using security firms to dodge legal restrictions, a campaign group says.”
BBC News, 17th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man was jailed yesterday for his part in a sham marriage plot after he went on
a month-long ‘lads only’ holiday immediately after his supposed wedding.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Crown Prosecution Service accountant who fiddled £1 million of taxi fares has been warned that she faces a lengthy jail sentence after admitting fraud.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A gang of 11 behind a series of sham marriages in Lancashire have been jailed for more than 18 years.”
Home Office, 6th March 2013
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A man who admitted neglecting his four-month-old son who died when the boy’s
mother knocked a television onto him, has been jailed for 46 months.”
BBC News, 7th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted fraudster has been sentenced to an extra 10 years in jail after failing to repay £14m in taxes.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Arsonists who torched a Grade II-listed mansion in Somerset have been jailed.”
BBC News, 28th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A London silk sentenced today to three and a half years in prison after being convicted of a £600,000 VAT fraud says he will fight to clear his name.”
Law Society’s Gazette,
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A HMRC official has been jailed for siphoning £12,000 from taxpayers’ accounts in a ‘flagrant breach of trust’.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A partner in a law firm has been jailed for a £20 million ‘industrial scale’ immigration scam that saw about five sham marriages carried out a day over many years.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three men who deliberately caused a car crash that led to another collision in which a woman died have been jailed.”
BBC News, 15th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A lender has lost its appeal against a High Court ruling that said a solicitor was not liable for its loss in a £2.5m mortgage fraud perpetrated by her former partner because she was not aware of the misrepresentations he made.”
Legal Futures, 14th February 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“A lack of skilled workers is hampering the UK’s fight against cyber crime, the
National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.”
BBC News, 12th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The decision is of significance, because it is the first strike out of a fraudulent/exaggerated claim following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Summers v Fairclough Homes Limited [2012] 1 WLR 2004. Summers is authority for the proposition that under CPR 3.4(2) the court has power to strike out a statement of case on the ground that it is an abuse of process at any stage in the proceedings, including – but in very exceptional circumstances – at the end of a trial.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 31st February 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Anyone concerned over the need to check the power of the police and prosecution authorities by providing a counter-balance holding these state funded entities to account may find this paper helpful, writes Robin Murray. It is a proposal to save millions of pounds of tax-payers’ money whilst at the same time preserving independent access to justice, an essential pre-requisite to prevent abuse and injustice to which anyone of us, high or low can become a victim.”
LegalVoice, 5th February 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“David Millward, 55, was secretly filmed by the Department of Work and Pensions carrying bags of animal feed around the field he rented off Stafford Road, Coven, Staffs, despite claiming he could only walk 10 metres unaided.Millward admitted fraudulently claiming £75,532 in income support and £24,692 in disability living allowance earlier this month after making an application for disability benefits in 2003.He was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims of fraud across the UK will be told to contact the Home Office agency Action Fraud rather than their local force from 1 April. The government says this will create a central record which can then be used to combat the most serious criminals.The police will only respond to fraud directly if an immediate response is needed via a 999 call.Critics of the new system say this means only major fraud cases will now be investigated.”
BBC News, 2nd February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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