Fraudster sentenced for £17,000 Instagram insurance policy scam
A man who made £17,618 by selling invalid car insurance policies on Instagram has been sentenced. Wahidullah Usmani, 22, of Cricklewood, operated as a ‘ghost broker’, a term used to describe fraudsters who sell fake [...]
Test case victory sees credit hire firm liable to pay defendant insurers’ legal costs for unsuccessful claims
Keoghs has a secured a significant judgment against a credit hire organisation (CHO) on the issue of non-party costs orders. The result of the group action, which was brought by Keoghs on behalf of three [...]
Prison sentence for chicken shop owner convicted of fraud
A policyholder who presented a claim for fire damage to his business has been convicted of fraud after pleading guilty to giving insurers a false statement about his involvement in the fire. Following a fire [...]
Ex-broker jailed for fraud after pocketing £46,000
A former insurance broker has been jailed for two years, after he pocketed £46,125 by editing another company’s contract documents to increase the cost of the insurance premiums paid by his clients. Gary Whipps, 32, [...]
Insurance fraud skyrockets with motorbike ‘crash for cash’ claims up 60-fold
Allianz's personal lines business has reported a sharp increase in insurance fraud, particularly in 'crash for cash' fraud involving motorbikes and scooters. The insurer's data indicates that crash for cash has increased a staggering 60 [...]
Joint criminal enterprise sees street racing claimant run out of road
Keoghs, and LV= General Insurance (LV=) have saved over £135,000 at trial in a fraud case involving street racing where the claimant was found to have taken part in a joint criminal enterprise and deemed [...]
Video footage and appearance on The Jeremy Kyle show helps to convict £500k fraudster
Fraudster who made £500,000 civil injury claim sentenced after being caught out by surveillance footage and appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show A woman who exaggerated the injuries she sustained in a road traffic collision [...]
Man who used different identities to make £75,000 worth of fraudulent travel insurance claims sentenced
A man who changed his name multiple times by deed poll and used the identities of his family and friends to make bogus travel insurance claims worth an estimated total of £75,000, has been sentenced. [...]
Man sentenced after pocketing £30,000 from 45 bogus insurance claims
A man who took out 87 home insurance policies and then made 45 bogus claims for broken televisions against them has been sentenced. Alfred Gallinelli, 36, of Barnet, took out the policies from November 2017 [...]
Drugs gang hid behind student lets firm to make millions
An organised crime group which used a student letting firm as a front for their multi-million-pound empire have been guilty of drug offences. The four men used multiple properties to harvest and sell drugs around [...]
£150k claim involving falsified documents sees Allianz obtain fundamentally dishonest court ruling
A minor accident at a petrol station in 2017 turned into £150,000 personal injury claim resulting in a court case in 2023. In 2017 an Allianz customer reversed from a closed pump at a petrol [...]
Ex RSA employee jailed for 28 months for stealing and selling on customer data
A former insurance company employee who stole customer details and sold them to claims management companies has been jailed. Karl Yates, 40, of no fixed abode, accessed customer data associated with non-fault road traffic claims [...]
Larry Barreto, based in the East Midlands, has been found guilty today of 11 charges of fraud by false representation following a prosecution brought by the FCA.
At an earlier hearing, Mr Barreto pleaded guilty to 2 offences of arranging and advising on regulated mortgages without FCA authorisation. At the beginning of the trial, Mr Barreto’s co-defendant, Tassib Hussain, a chartered accountant, [...]
Aviva uncovers 9,250 instances of fraud in 2022 saving £120m in bogus payouts
organised fraudsters leaving whiplash for motor repair, as fall in fraudulent injury claims offset by a 22% increase in fraudulent repair claims Aviva deploys new counter-fraud technology solutions Insurer Aviva has shared some of the [...]
Aviva uncovers 9,250 instances of fraud in 2022 saving £120m in bogus payouts
organised fraudsters leaving whiplash for motor repair, as fall in fraudulent injury claims offset by a 22% increase in fraudulent repair claims Aviva deploys new counter-fraud technology solutions Insurer Aviva has shared some of the [...]