Posts Tagged ‘fraud’
Council successfull in prosecuting re subletting fraud.
Westminster City Council have successfully prosecuted Raymond Whittard, a tenant, and Sharon Smith, a subtenant, for conspiracy to defraud through unlawful subletting. The case is believed to be the first time a council has successfully prosecuted a council tenant and their subtenant, Whittard and Smith admitted conspiracy to defraud in June 2015 at Southwark Crown…
Read MoreConveyancing fraud.
According to an article appearing on AOL online yesterday, it was reported that scammers have been committing conveyancing fraud by intercepting solictors emails, swindling 91 people over the last 12 months according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. These fraudsters have diverted more than £10 million in funds directly to themselves in the last year…
Read MoreHousing fraud.
Fraud that is connected anyway with housing such as benefits fraud, or obtaining housing by deception appears to be high on the agenda of councils, housing associations and social security, they appear to be going to great lengths to investegate people who are abusing the system in such a way. The punishment however appears to…
Read MoreNew series on housing fraud
This week we see the start of a series of 5 programmes on BBC1 showing how frontline housing officers are dealing with local authority and housing association fraud, “Council House Crackdown will run all week starting at 9.15am each morning. Tenancy fraud in now a criminal offence and carries with it if convicted heavy fines…
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