Credit card thief caught shopping in Dundee city centre
A thief who stole credit cards after breaking into a house was nabbed by police as he was still using one of the cards while shopping Dundee.
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Dundee woman ordered to pay back 10% of the £26,000 she scammed in single parent lie
A woman who scammed more than £26,000 in benefits after lying that she was a single parent has been spared a period of imprisonment.
‘Ruthless’ brothers jailed for £17m fraud which preyed on elderly
Two fraudster brothers whose near £17 million swindle helped fund an extravagant lifestyle of Rolex watches and private jet hire while depleting their victims’ retirement savings have been jailed.
Ex-MEP who spent expenses on Hawaii honeymoon and car must pay back £85,000
A former Labour MEP has been ordered to repay £85,436.96 after falsely claiming more than £100,000 in expenses to spend on a car, his divorce settlement and holidays.
Gambler arrested in Northampton after failing to cash fake cheque at Dundee bank
A gambling addict’s poker face let him down as he tried to cash a fake cheque at a Dundee bank, a court heard.
Fraudulent locksmith locked up after conning NHS out of half a million pounds
The chief locksmith at a major London hospital trust has been locked up after being found guilty of ripping off the NHS for more than half a million pounds, officials have said.
Failures in ‘fundamental controls’ allowed Dundee council worker to embezzle £1m, report finds
Failures in "fundamental controls" within Dundee City Council's financial systems allowed an employee to embezzle more than £1 million in almost seven years, a report has found.
Former soldier from Dundee admits £18,000 benefit fraud
A former soldier who defrauded Dundee City Council and the Department for Work and Pensions out of more than £18,000 has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.
Safe as Houses: Top anti-fraud cop in warning after £750k lost in phone scams
A top anti-fraud cop is warning of the dangers posed by scammers after it was revealed Taysiders have lost £750,000 to phone banking cons.
Benefit fraudster to keep paying back debt to Dundee council
Thomas Simpson, 41, of Finavon Place, had sentence deferred for six months for him to make repayments to Dundee City Council after he admitted benefit fraud.
Local man conned out of £29k in voice phishing scam
Police have issued a warning to the public following a vishing — voice phishing — scam that resulted in a man losing £29,000.
Dundee fraudster, 64, claimed £5k in benefits despite income from pension
A man who admitted fraudulently claiming more than £5,400 in benefits had sentence deferred.
Dundee fraudster who conned OAPs out of thousands found dead
A convicted fraudster who conned elderly people out of thousands of pounds has been found dead.
Man admits £3.8k Dundee council benefits fraud
Thomas Simpson, 41, of Finavon Place, had sentence deferred after admitting claiming benefits to which he wasn’t entitled.
Dundee student conned out of £180 by Facebook seller who claimed they had Killers tickets
A student has warned music fans to check who they buy tickets from after losing £180 to an online fraudster who promised Killers briefs.
Dundee council action plan to stop repeat of £1m worker fraud
Finance experts have issued Dundee City Council with an action plan to help prevent a repeat of the £1 million fraud carried out by a rogue IT worker.
Dundee veterans’ charity fraud: More than 1,000 sign petition to seize assets of man who scammed £60,000
A petition has been launched calling for a man who founded a veterans’ charity — only to scam tens of thousands of pounds from it — to have his assets seized.
Dundee woman used names of folk she knew to defraud bosses out of £15k
A Dundee woman who defrauded her bosses out of £15,000 in a scheme to gain loans for bad credit customers has avoided jail.
Smart home devices are vulnerable to criminals, according to a new report
The use of connected devices such as smart TVs and voice-activated home assistants by criminals seeking to steal data poses an emerging threat to UK consumers, a report has warned.
IT employee who defrauded £1 million from Dundee council to pay back £50k
A former Dundee City Council employee who defrauded the local authority of more than £1 million was today ordered to pay back nearly £50,000.