
A special one off edition of #TheFraudTube Echo following last week’s staff fraud breakfast briefing held by CIFAS… Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

A special one off edition of #TheFraudTube Echo following last week’s staff fraud breakfast briefing held by CIFAS… Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

So, it is Friday 15th March, Red Nose Day 2013! If you have found our #FunnyFraud blog to be entertaining then please sponsor us and help us reach our target for Comic Relief. Of course we now should finish with some comedy gold and so here is our top 10 fraud related TV comedy moments:…

Source: BBC News, 12th March 2013 Finger Fraud! A Brazilian doctor faces charges of fraud after being caught on camera using silicone fingers to sign in for work for absent colleagues, police say. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

Source: Sky News, 21st September 2012 A former head of online security at Lloyds Banking Group has been jailed for five years after defrauding the company of almost £2.5m. Jessica Harper, whose £60,000-a-year role included fighting fraud, submitted 93 false and doctored invoices to pay herself £2,463,750. Harper told police she deserved the money. Be…

Source: BBC News, 7th August 2012 Jessica Harper, 50, had been accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments between 2007 and 2011. At the time she was working as head of fraud and security for digital banking and made false claims totalling £2,463,750. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

Source: Channel 4 News, 24th July 2012 The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank is charged in Ireland over a failed insider trading scam. The court heard the 64-year-old replied “no comment” when charged with 16 offences by gardai attached to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in a city centre garda station. Each…

Source: UKPA, 9th July 2012 A bank official from Kent admitted defrauding his bosses of £2 million. Michael Corrigan, 48, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to four offences of fraud committed between January and September 2010. Corrigan, of Hayne Road, Beckenham, was remanded on bail to be sentenced on September 7. The charges state that he…

Source: The Guardian, 29th June 2012 U2 star Adam Clayton’s former personal assistant has been found guilty of embezzling €2.8m (£2.2m) from the musician to fund a lavish lifestyle. Carol Hawkins was convicted on 181 counts of theft from the bassist’s bank accounts over a four-year period… Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

Source: Lancashire Constabulary, 20th June 2012 A CHORLEY woman who scammed over £200,000 from her employer to fund a lavish wedding has been jailed for 20 months. Kirsty Lane, 29, of Lewis Close, Adlington had previously pleaded guilty to ten counts of fraud by abuse of position at Leyland Magistrates’ Court. She also had a further…

Source: BBC News, 25th May 2012 A former head of security at Lloyds Bank has been charged in connection with an alleged £2.5m fraud. Jessica Harper, 50, of Croydon, south London, is accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments, between September 2008 and December 2011. At the time she was working as head of fraud…