Fraud News – Page 29
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Manchester ghost broker jailed for £200k scam
A ghost broker who set up 151 fraudulent motor policies as part of a £200,000 scam has been jailed for 20 months. 38-year-old Romanian national Maur Dumitru of Sherrington Street, Manchester, went on the run for nine months after failing to appear at court for his ...
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RSA claims handler jailed for £55,000 fraud
A former RSA employee has been jailed for 10 months for illegally passing on customer details to a law firm and adding friends and family to genuine claims in a £55,000 fraud. Anthony Francis Joseph Rattigan, 30, an insurance claim handler from Liverpool was convicted of ...
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Man convicted for role in £100k ice cream van fraud
A 39-year old man has been convicted for his part in an insurance fraud where an ice cream van was used to stage fake accidents across the country. Barry Mark Sandmann, 39, of Brompton Lane, Strood, Kent, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on 29 April ...
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Amanda Blanc succeeds John O’Roarke as IFB chair
The Insurance Fraud Bureau has appointed AXA UK and Ireland general insurance chief executive Amanda Blanc (pictured) as its new chair. She replaces outgoing LV= general insurance managing director John O’Roarke, who has stepped down as the bureau’s chairman after three years in the position. O’Roarke ...
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AXA nets trio of fraudsters using fundamental dishonesty defence
AXA said it exposed three fraudsters who staged or exaggerated traffic accidents, after proving that their evidence was fundamentally dishonest. The three cases would have cost AXA £60,000. In one case, AXA’s suspicions the accident had been staged seemed to be contradicted by CCTV footage of ...
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Faking injury 'as unacceptable as drink driving' - poll
Faking injury on an insurance claim is worse than buying stolen goods and as unacceptable as drink-driving according to a poll for Aviva. The study shows that 87% say it’s unacceptable to make a false whiplash claim, compared to 88% who say the same about drink-driving. ...
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Man used fake policies to steal £200k-worth of hire cars
A Lancashire man has pleaded guilty after being caught stealing identities, setting up fake insurance policies and stealing hire cars with a collective value of more than £200,000. Naveed Shah, 37, of Blackburn Road, Great Harwood, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to make ...
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'Whiplash' footballer given suspended sentence
A semi-professional footballer who was caught tweeting about playing football 24 hours after making a dishonest insurance claim for whiplash admitted contempt of court. Gary Burnett, 24, made the claim following an accident at a McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in October 2013. He claimed ...
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Man sentenced for submitting false injury claims to Allianz
A Southend factory worker has been sentenced for submitting three false personal injury claims to Allianz. Julius Sodipo, 34, from Shoeburyness was handed a 12-month community order and was ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £145 in costs at ...
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Insurance staff followed from work as fraud agency warns about data thieves
Insurance staff are being watched by fraudsters as they leave their office the City of London Police has revealed. In a statement today The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is warning employees about the consequences of passing on or selling customer data to third parties, which ...
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Doctor charged with insurance fraud after IFED probe
A London doctor has been charged today (8 April) with insurance fraud following an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). Benjamin Chang, 56, of Sunnyfield, Mill Hill, London was charged with fraud by false representation, possession of articles for use ...
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London broker sentenced for commission fraud
Bandagu Manzeke faces jail for selling fake insurance policies following IFED investigation
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AXA saves nearly £400,000 defending three motor fraud cases
Court cases unveiled staged accidents, exaggerated costs and phantom injuries
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Aviva detects one crash for cash claim every 3 hours
Induced accidents remain close to record levels, but Aviva finds staged accidents sharply lower
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Businesses pay cyber ransoms, rather than call the police
Ransomware attacks on the rise, but cases reported to the police fall
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Fraudster jailed for 16 months for series of income protection scams
She was caught out after posting documents linked to one policy to another insurer she was claiming from
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IFB names Potter head of investigations
Former Swinton, NFU Mutual man has experience running investigations with insurers
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‘Crash for cash’ gang sentenced for trying to defraud RSA of £30k
Group sentenced for staging crash following IFED investigation
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Coventry ‘crash for cash’ gang ordered to pay van driver £40k
Four tried to claim against insurer Octagon after causing crash
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Man faces jail for committing fraud to pay mother’s car premium
Anthony Jones-Hughes gets 20-week sentence following IFED investigation