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11 August 2008

Thousands of motorists are falling victim to a potentially lethal ‘cash for crash’ insurance scam.  For the full story log on to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/frame-money.html
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8 August 2008

Two divers have been found guilty of swindling £250,000 from the NHS for treating bogus cases of the bends.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7549812.stm
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7 August 2008

A Shropshire postmistress has admitted defrauding her employer out of more than £80,000.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7547527.stm
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4 August 2008

The US authorities have charged 11 people in connection with the theft of credit-card details in the country's largest-ever identity theft case.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7544083.stm
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4 August 2008

A businessman jailed after being found guilty of fraud and stealing £135,000 of EU money has been ordered to pay almost £500,000 by a judge.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7539800.stm
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4 August 2008

A grandmother who fraudulently claimed £40,000 in benefits has been sentenced to two years in prison.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7541646.stm
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4 August 2008

Thirteen people have been sentenced after an investigation into a gang which staged bogus road accidents and submitted false insurance claims.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7541479.stm
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4 August 2008

The mother of ex-singer and reality television star Kerry Katona has walked free from court but been warned against further benefit fraud offences   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7540879.stm
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31 July 2008

A woman caused uproar in court when she pulled two fingers from her handbag claiming they had belonged to one of her six children.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7538377.stm
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30 July 2008

Mortgage frauds committed during the property boom are showing up on lenders' books following the downturn in the housing market.  For the full story log on to: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Mortgage-squeeze-prompts-fraud-warning.4337336.jp
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30 July 2008

The wife of Thailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been sentenced to three years in jail for tax fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7534374.stm
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30 July 2008

A man who fiddled more than £28,000 in benefits in the name of his dead brother has been jailed for a year. For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7533657.stm
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30 July 2008

A man who fiddled more than £28,000 in benefits in the name of his dead brother has been jailed for a year.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7533657.stm
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30 July 2008

The Serious Fraud Office has won its Law Lords appeal against a court ruling that it acted unlawfully in halting a corruption inquiry into a lucrative arms deal between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems.  For the full story log on to: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/latest-national-news/Fraud-office-wins-Saudi-arms.4337298.jp
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29 July 2008

A 31-year-old man has been charged with 11 counts of burglary and three counts of fraud.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7532119.stm
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29 July 2008

The former Celtic director and chairman of Livingston FC, Dominic Keane, has appeared in court charged with fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7531362.stm
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29 July 2008

Personal details about nearly 100 benefit claimants have been wrongly sent to a couple in Cornwall.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7530232.stm
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28 July 2008

More than £22m worth of fraud in 12 cases reached Scottish courts in the last six months, figures show.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7530018.stm
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28 July 2008

A woman who fraudulently claimed more than £50,000 in benefits has been released from jail for the sake of her severely autistic daughter.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7529192.stm
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28 July 2008

A woman who fraudulently claimed more than £50,000 in benefits has been released from jail for the sake of her severely autistic daughter.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7529192.stm
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24 July 2008

The number of attempts made by internet fraudsters to con people into revealing their bank account details has jumped, according to banking body Apacs.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7523253.stm
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23 July 2008

When investigators from the City watchdog looked through the files at PMSG Insurance, their eyes were drawn to details of customers' incomes.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7521601.stm
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23 July 2008

A local league football referee filmed taking charge of matches has admitted falsely claiming more than £17,000 disability living allowance.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7522502.stm
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23 July 2008

Criminal gangs are targeting UK university students to sell fake shares in so-called boiler room scams, the BBC has learned.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7522179.stm
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23 July 2008

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne have each been jailed for more than six years for fraudulently claiming £250,000. For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7520803.stm
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22 July 2008

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has told lenders to step up their defences against mortgage fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7519100.stm
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17 July 2008

The conviction rate in cases brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) rose in the past year from 61% to 68%. For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7511833.stm
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17 July 2008

Senior US and European bankers will appear before US lawmakers later to defend themselves against claims that they helped to promote tax fraud.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7511387.stm
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16 July 2008

Two men and a woman have been jailed for an elaborate mortgage fraud which netted them more than £1.7m.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/7510550.stm
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16 July 2008

The ex-chairman of South Korean firm Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, has been found guilty of tax evasion in Seoul and given a three-year suspended jail term.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7508792.stm
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14 July 2008

Up to £1.5bn in tax credit payments was lost to fraud, accidental over claims and other errors in 2006/07, the National Audit Office says.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7505860.stm
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14 July 2008

Fraud cases climbed by 14% in the UK in the first half of 2008 compared with a year ago, according to fraud prevention service Cifas.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7505299.stm
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11 July 2008

Three brokers have been banned in a week by the Financial Services Authority as it continues a crackdown.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7501378.stm
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10 July 2008

A fraudster who preyed on a vulnerable elderly woman in her 70s and conned her out of £34,000 has been jailed for a total of two years.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7499843.stm
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8 July 2008

A number of motorists who used credit or debit cards at a Cotswolds garage have reported being victims of fraud.  For the full story log on ot: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7495345.stm
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8 July 2008

The government needs to do more to prosecute suspected benefit fraudsters, MPs have said.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7494242.stm
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7 July 2008

A self-styled healer who claimed he could resurrect children killed in the Beslan school siege has been sentenced to 11 years in jail in Russia.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7493892.stm
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7 July 2008

A pregnant council officer has been jailed for two years for stealing £110,000 and sending much of the money to her mother in Nigeria.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7494126.stm
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7 July 2008

The Serious Fraud office (SFO) has argued that it did not act unlawfully when it halted its investigation into a £43bn Saudi arms deal.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7492745.stm
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7 July 2008

A bank clerk who tried to steal almost £72 million from HSBC bank has been jailed for nine years.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7493443.stm
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4 July 2008

The former head of one of Austria's biggest banks, Bank Fuer Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Bawag), has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years for fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7489685.stm
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3 July 2007

Insurers uncovered £5m a week of fraudulent motor insurance claims, according to the industry body.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7487017.stm
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30 June 2008

FRAUDS carried out on UK firms rocketed to more than £700m in first half of the year as the credit crunch worsened – although the damage done to Yorkshire firms declined, new figures show.  For the full story log on to: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/businessnews/Firms-suffer-more-from-fraud.4234771.jp
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30 June 2008

Reported fraud committed against UK firms rose 74%, costing companies £705m in the first half of the year according to the accountants BDO Stoy Hayward.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7480890.stm
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27 June 2008

Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh say they have arrested 69 people as part of an investigation into allegations of fraud and embezzlement.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7478278.stm
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26 June 2008

A member of the British Paralympic squad has been charged with benefit fraud after an investigation into profits made from selling cars.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/7475454.stm
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25 June 2008

A federal appeals court has upheld former media tycoon Conrad Black’s convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7474599.stm
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25 June 2008

An influential committee of MPs is to be asked to investigate allegations about degree standards in the UK.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7466438.stm
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25 June 2008

An internal audit at Scottish mineral water company Campsie Spring has uncovered a £15m fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7472958.stm
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24 June 2008

A staggering 500,000 of us are being scammed out of £320 million a year in foreign lottery cons.  For the full story log on to: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/article1329172.ece
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24 June 2008

Amy Winehouse has left herself wide open to ID fraud last month after she was seen dumping black bin bags filled with confidential information about her.  For the full story log on to: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/article1329595.ece
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24 June 2008

A senior FBI officer has told the BBC that more arrests will be made as part of its probe into mortgage fraud and the credit crunch.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7470381.stm
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22 June 2008

A member of the European Parliament for the East has been arrested on suspicion of obtaining money by deception.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7467318.stm
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20 June 2008

A 56 year old man who pestered hospital doctors and nurses into treating him has been found dead at a hostel.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7466301.stm
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20 June 2008

An influential MP says ministers must “take seriously” the “fraud” of foreign students with poor English gaining post graduate qualifications in the UK.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7461513.stm
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20 June 2008

An influential MP says ministers must “take seriously” the “fraud” of foreign students with poor English gaining post graduate qualifications in the UK.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7461513.stm
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19 June 2008

Two former managers at investment bank Bear Stearns have been charged with fraud related to two hedge funds which collapsed in June last year.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7463713.stm
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19 June 2008

A husband and wife have been charged with fraud and money laundering offences.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7462485.stm
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19^th June 2008

Businesses in the south of County Durham are being targeted by bogus fraud squad detectives.   For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7462485.stm
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16 June 2008

Forty people have been charged over an alleged £5.3m insurance fraud after a two-year investigation by Bedfordshire Police and the Insurance Fraud Bureau.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7457908.stm
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12 June 2008

Seven people have been charged by police in Lancashire investigating speeding fine fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7450237.stm
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11 June 2008

Mortgage lenders are to change the way newly-built properties are valued to prevent possible mortgage fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7448583.stm
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11 June 2008

Loopholes in the way addresses are checked by online stores are helping fraudsters cash in, say experts.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7448187.stm
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11 June 2008

Police in Lancashire have arrested 15 people in an operation targeting speeding fine fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7447966.stm
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10 June 2008

The Serious Fraud Office’s conviction rate has dropped from 82% to 61% in five years, a report has found.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7446197.stm
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10 June 2008

Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with credit card fraud in Newcastle.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7445879.stm
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9 June 2008

Current account customers of the Northern Rock have been stopped from using their debit cards in the US to buy items in stores.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7444389.stm
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9 June 2008

A crackdown by the financial regulator on mortgage fraud has led to four more brokers being banned from operating.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7444381.stm
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7 June 2008

A man and a woman have been charged with VAT fraud and money laundering offences worth £1.2m following an investigation into VAT accounts.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7441663.stm
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6 June 2008

A man who said he could barely walk and claimed £90,000 in benefits has been jailed for 18 months after fraud inspectors filmed him playing football.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7440275.stm
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5 June 2008

A council has apologised to nearly 90 people it had accused of benefit fraud.  For the full story log on to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7438414.stm
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5 June 2008