According Newsinsurance.co.uk Tariq Mehmood was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Harrow Crown Court on Friday (25 January 2013) for conspiracy to defraud and dangerous driving. Ansab Rizwan and Ihtisham Gondal received suspended sentences and 180 hours of unpaid work each for their parts in the scam, whilst Nasser Khan received a 12 month community order and 100 hours unpaid work. Read Article
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As reported by Leparisien.fr a 43 year-old transportation company owner was accused by Versailles court of having organized a system of toll fraud in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines since november 2012, he ordered his drivers to commit 700 fraudulent transactions of €24,000. The man was released under judicial supervision with the obligation to pay a deposit. Read Article
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According to Bienpublic.com, 21 retiree from 12 different retirement homes were victims of a huge scam. The story began in May 2010, when a small group of unemployed citizens with well-oiled techniques visited the victims retirement homes and stole their credit cards, checkbooks, maps, ID’s and other personal documents. The suspects then spent 180,000 € [...]
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As reported by Prnewswire.com MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer company, and the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, Inc. (IACC) today announced an agreement under which MoneyGram will participate in the IACC Payment Processor Portal Program, which is designed to prevent disreputable merchants from selling counterfeit goods by disabling certain payment processing channels, such as MoneyGram money [...]
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Braintree.patch.com reported that police are warning South Shore senior citizens about an attempted phone scam after an elderly South Hingham resident was nearly the victim of one on Wednesday.Hinham police say the resident was the target of what is known to police as the the “Green Dot Scam” or “Walgreens Green Dot Scam.” Read Article
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Acoording to Recorder.com Ashfield police are warning people to beware of solicitors posing as chimney cleaners who, after allegedly cleaning chimneys, will ask for money for other chimney repairs. According to Police Chief Patrick Droney, at least two town residents have been contacted by such scammers, although there are reports that others been contacted with [...]
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Emirates247.com reported that after mobile phone texts lying to victims that they have won large cash prizes, a new phone scam appears to have just surfaced in the UAE.Several victims say they receive brief calls and when they call back, they hear obscene voices before discovering that part of their call credit has gone. Read [...]
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Timesofindia.com reported that former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala Have been sentenced to ten years in jail in the teachers’ recruitment scam. Shortly after the sentence was pronounced by the court, protesters threw stones and crude bombs into the court complex.Read Article
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Dnaindia.com reported that in a major swoop, the police on Saturday evening arrested seven people, including four University of Pune (UoP) officials and three students, for alleged involvement in re-evaluation malpractices in the examination department of the university. Read Article
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Brainerddispatch.com reported that as we ease into the new year, the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) is taking time to look back at the “Top Ten Scams” of the past year. The list is an informal one compiled by BBB staff and weighs scams by how widespread they were and the [...]
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