31 July 2007

Newcastle City Council has said it accidentally put 54,000 credit and debit card details on a system that could be accessed externally.  The lapse was discovered during a test of the Council’s IT security.  Following the test the council closed down the servers concerned and tightened security.  (Computer Weekly magazine)
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31 July 2007

IT systems at the Department of Work & Pensions have failed to stop the loss of £2.5bn due to benefit fraud and error.  The DWP Resource Accents Report 2006-2007 by the National Audit Office, said one reason for the high level of error was inadequate IT system integration.  (Computer Weekly magazine)
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29 July 2007

Fraud levels in the UK have undergone a dramatic change and show no sign of turning back, according to KPMG’s latest Fraud Barometer.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6921384.stm
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27 July 2007

A university tutor who taught students about computer security and identity theft has been jailed for two year’s for identity fraud offences.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6917965.stm
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26 July 2007
A thieving former police chief has escaped jail for a second time - despite lying to magistrates over his failure to pay compensation to the victims of his fraud.  For the full story log on to  http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news?articleid=3061579
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25 July 2007

Six disabled people have been arrested in connection with what is believed to be the widespread abuse of a scheme to help wheelchair users buy car. For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6916333.stm
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24 July 2007

Networking website Facebook is to face legal action on Wednesday in a suit brought by a rival site’s founders.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6914843.stm
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22 July 2007

People who are internet networking sites are being warned that they could be at risk of identity fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6910826.stm
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19 July 2007

A dramatic rise in fraud and forgery offences in Surrey has been fuelled by chip-and-pin crimes at petrol stations, says the county’s police force.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/6906659.stm
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18 July 2007

Earlier this month, BBC Sport’s Kofi Sekyere flew to Slovenia on holiday, only to land up in prison.  Someone using his stolen passport was wanted for fraud, and his name was on an international arrest warrant.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6902922.stm
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16 July 2007

The bank manager behind Scotland’s largest single fraud is to have £63,000 confiscated from him.  Fr the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6901015.stm
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13 July 2007

Media tycoon Conrad Black has been convicted of three charges of fraud and one of obstructing justice.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6897991.stm
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12 July 2007

Losses from the government’s tax credit system are “unacceptably high”, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6895702.stm
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11 July 2007

The UK’s Information Commissioner has found what it describes as a “horrifying” number of companies, government departments and other public bodies in breach of data protection rules in the past year.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4311073.stm
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9 July 2007

The parents of a dead child have each been jailed for six months after claiming more than £20,000 in benefits.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6284954.stm
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6 July 2007

A man has been arrested in The Netherlands on suspicion of attempting to defraud the parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6277482.stm
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6 July 2007

Government bodies have lost tens of millions of pounds in debts and fraud, according to a spending watchdog.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6275640.stm
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