Fraud News – Page 30
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NewsFraud Charter: Beware losing expertise as FCA takes on CMCs
Government urged “not to throw out the baby with the bath water” when oversight of the claims management industry is taken over by ‘tougher’ FCA
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NewsTeenage 'ghost broker' jailed for a year for faking Allianz policies
A 19-year-old ‘ghost broker’ from Walsall has been jailed for a year for selling fake motor insurance to unsuspecting customers, leaving them uninsured and illegally driving on the roads. An investigation by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) discovered that Azeem Mahmood Hussain was selling false ...
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NewsAviva head of fraud named as IFB technical board chair
Aviva head of fraud, Tom Gardiner, has been appointed as the new chair of the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) technical board. Gardiner takes over from Richard Davies, who will remain on the board. The technical board, which was set up in 2011, comprises of leading fraud ...
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NewsIce-cream van fraudster faces a year in jail
A man has been handed a one-year suspended sentence for his part in a series of insurance frauds involving an ice-cream van. Thirty-nine-year-old Barry Mark Sandmann of Brompton Lane, Strood, Kent was sentenced on Friday 27 May at the Old Bailey. In addition to his suspended ...
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News'Ghost broking' courier sentenced for defrauding Liberty in £89,000 scam
A 33-year-old courier from Epsom has been sentenced after he admitted to setting up over 100 bogus car insurance policies for his unsuspecting customers and defrauding victims and Liberty Insurance out of a combined £89,000. Renan Gomes was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Friday 20 May ...
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NewsLack of trust between consumers and insurers is fuelling fraud - AXA
Up to one third of Britons have committed insurance fraud, a report commissioned by AXA has found. A lack of trust between consumers and insurers and the view that insurance fraud is a victimless crime are encouraging otherwise honest policyholders to exaggerate claims. According to insurers ...
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NewsAircraft engineer jailed for £240k fake lost baggage claims
An aircraft engineer who made £240,000 in fake claims for lost baggage has been jailed for two years. 45-year-old Miguel Kakaie of King Street, Aberdeen was sentenced at the Old Bailey on 10 May after a six day trial, which followed an investigation by the City ...
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NewsManchester 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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NewsRSA 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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NewsMan 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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NewsAmanda 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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NewsAXA 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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NewsFaking 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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NewsMan 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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News'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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NewsMan 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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NewsInsurance 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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NewsDoctor 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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NewsLondon broker sentenced for commission fraud
Bandagu Manzeke faces jail for selling fake insurance policies following IFED investigation
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NewsAXA saves nearly £400,000 defending three motor fraud cases
Court cases unveiled staged accidents, exaggerated costs and phantom injuries
