22 results on '"Fraud -- Economic aspects"'
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2. Bulgarians pocket £50m from taxpayer in Britain's biggest benefits fraud; Five Bulgarian nationals pleaded guilty to falsely claiming Universal Credit over nearly five years
3. How benefit fraudsters 'playing the system' left Britain with an £11bn bill; Universal Credit buckles under the weight of post-pandemic overpayments
4. Wrongly convicted sub-postmaster Sami Sabet says Post Office scandal has cost him nearly £3m; Ex-engineer says he also suffered 'intangible losses' including damage to his physical and mental health
5. Jacob Rees-Mogg's Whitehall efficiency drive has 'saved almost £4 billion'; Plus, the minister for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency writes for The Telegraph on what must be done to restore the economy
6. Fake caravan scams on the rise as fraudsters prey on staycationers; Criminals are taking advantage of travel chaos and travelers hoping to save money
7. Ignore the hysteria: Sunak was right to write off fraudulent Covid claims; The sum might be galling, but there can be little doubt that it was a price worth paying to keep the economy on its feet
8. Nationwide: we won't refund 'fanciful' payments to scammers; Banks and building societies refund less than half of scams where victims transferred the money themselves
9. Job seekers scammed out of hundreds of pounds as criminals capitalise on unemployment crisis; People are falling for fake job ads created by criminals to trick them into handing over money and data during the pandemic
10. Serious Fraud Office told to gear up for onslaught of pandemic fraud; An economic downturn and a wall of government bailout money creates a perfect environment for fraudsters
11. Lloyds Bank refuses to pay legal costs of firm in HBOS fraud case; Lansdowne Francs, an Irish accounting firm, claims the bank pushed HSS into insolvency by reneging on an offer to lend it [euro]30m
12. Cricket fan who used dead member's pass to enter Lord's pavilion allowed 'desperation' to get the better of him', court hears as he is fined £10k; The enclosure which has a 29-year waiting year list and costs £600 a year
13. Accountants are 'turning a blind eye to dirty money'
14. Spending cuts at the Serious Fraud Office linked to slump in conviction rates
15. People smugglers using Facebook to sell fake Syrian passports to economic migrants; Genuine Syrian refugees angry that people from other countries are taking advantage of their plight to get into Europe
16. Farage could face investigation into EU expenses; A former senior Ukip official has filed a formal complaint about Mr Farage to the EU anti-fraud office OLAF
17. Whiplash becoming the 'fraud of choice'; As a High Court judge strikes out the fake compensation claims of two women for whiplash, it is revealed that claims cost motorists an average £90 a year on their premiums
18. Chinese man who 'faked' bank is jailed; A rice trader who became a symbol of China's increasing economic muscle has been exposed as a fraud and jailed for life after he claimed to have purchased a fictitious US bank for £32.7 million
19. Elderly hit by new telephone scam; A fraud watchdog has warned of a rise in a new form of telephone scam, which has already cost vulnerable people £7m
20. Car insurance premiums fall by 10pc, says AA; The cost of motor cover has seen the biggest decrease since the AA insurance index began in 1994, thanks partly to 'improved fraud detection', insurers say
21. Savers in Nest, the low-cost pension scheme, will have to bear the costs of £1.4m fraud; The flagship pension provider established by the Goverment says it is 'vigorously' pursuing recovery of the money, but admits eventual losses will add to the costs born by savers
22. Barack Obama hit by another general setback; Barack Obama's crisis-hit national security team suffered another setback as the former head of US Africa Command and was demoted for submitting fraudulent expenses
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