Doctor Indicted in Ozempic Fraud Scheme
A doctor has been indicted for allegedly running a fraudulent scheme involving the weight-loss drug Ozempic, according to federal prosecutors.
Category : Fraud
Son stole £21,000 from dad for drugs, court hears
Robert Jones stole £21,000 from his father, spending it on heroin and crack cocaine, not Harley-Davidson parts. He was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court to 18 months suspended.
Taxi driver's £32k fake pet death fraud leads to suspended sentence
A Kirkby taxi driver who invented dozens of non-existent pets and claimed they died in dramatic accidents, including a dog plunging off Blackpool Pier, has been sentenced for fraud.
Woman charged after hotel evacuated over unknown substance
A 44-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with breach of the peace after a hotel in Dalbeattie was evacuated over containers with an unknown substance.
Judge Slams Drug-Courier Mum Over £4k Turkey Surgery
A judge criticised a single mother who claimed she was coerced into drug couriering due to £5,000 debt, yet spent £4,000 on cosmetic surgery in Turkey.
Crack cocaine in pants weeks after suspended sentence
Joshua Curtis, 22, was caught with 102 wraps of crack cocaine hidden in his pants just weeks after receiving a suspended sentence for supplying cocaine and heroin. He has now been jailed for four years.
Director spared jail for importing pepper sprays
Company director Marcus Gunn, 53, of Cramlington, avoided jail after Border Force intercepted pepper sprays he imported from China, citing wife's friend being followed.
Family stranded in Egypt after scammer cancels £6k holiday
A Salford family was left without rooms at a five-star Egyptian resort after a scammer cancelled their £6,300 On the Beach booking, forcing them to find last-minute accommodation.
Taxi driver's £31K pet insurance scam unravels
A taxi driver who claimed his dog died chasing a seagull in a £31,700 pet insurance scam involving fictional pets has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Taxi driver in £31,700 fake pet insurance fraud
Taxi driver Robert Cretu made 30 fake pet insurance claims for non-existent dogs, netting £31,700. He was sentenced to 20 months, suspended for 18 months.
Taxi driver jailed for 30 fake pet insurance claims
Robert Cretu, 40, of Kirkby, admitted fraud after making 30 bogus claims for fictitious dogs, netting £31,700. He was handed a suspended sentence at Liverpool Crown Court.
Salford family's £6k Egypt holiday ruined by scammer
A Salford family was left stranded in Egypt after a scammer cancelled their £6,300 hotel booking, forcing them to pay £450 each for last-minute accommodation.
Taxi driver who faked pet deaths in insurance fraud spared jail
A taxi driver who made 30 false pet insurance claims, inventing stories of dogs dying in accidents, has been handed a suspended sentence for the £31,700 fraud.
McAfee warns AI can pinpoint holiday snap locations for scams
McAfee warns scammers can use AI to pinpoint holiday snap locations from social media, enabling personalised phishing scams. UK payment fraud hit £1.28bn last year.
Mum's children 'lucky to be alive' after car fire attacks
A traumatised mum says her children are lucky to be alive after four separate car fire attacks. Sean McKinley, 26, was jailed for 17 months for two wilful fireraising charges.
Croydon shoplifters could face GPS ankle tags and bans
Croydon Council proposes GPS ankle tags and exclusion zones for shoplifters after 4,796 thefts in the town centre in the past year.
HMRC urges public to report suspicious high street businesses
HMRC has upgraded its fraud reporting service, urging shoppers to flag suspicious high street businesses as it plans over 30,000 interventions in 2026-27.
Teens arrested over Treherbert wildfire arson
Three teenagers were arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire behind Treherbert railway station spread across the valley. A fire chief says arson is a real problem as wildfires rage.
Carer conned elderly couple out of £25,000, caught by Uber Eats
Lyndsey McGivern, 45, stole over £25,000 from an elderly couple with dementia after they moved into care homes. A £20 Uber Eats order linked her to the fraud, leading to a suspended sentence.
Chinese boats via UK for migrant crossings exposed
International probes launched into Chinese rubber dinghies shipped through UK for Channel crossings, with multiple investigations ongoing and record crossings reported.
Gangster sourcing AK-47 pays back only £500 of £1.5m
Drug-dealing gangster James Close, who helped source an AK-47, made over £1.5m from crime but will only pay back £546 in assets.
Chinese dinghies sent to UK for Channel smuggling gangs
International probes launched into Chinese rubber dinghies shipped via UK for Channel migrant smuggling, with seizures at Felixstowe and rising arrests.
Donations flood in for Jason Arday's family, target raised to £110k
Donations to a fundraiser for Jason Arday's family have topped £57,000, passing 53% of a new £110,000 target, following the former Cambridge professor's death.
Missing model offered to Epstein by 'creep' scout before vanishing
Files reveal a missing model was pitched to Jeffrey Epstein by a scout shortly before she vanished, leaving her family desperate for answers.
Dubai Property Leak Exposes Criminals' Safe Haven
A Dubai property leak reveals how the city became a safe haven for the world's most notorious criminals, including Daniel Kinahan, with dirty money underpinning its real estate market.
Real-Life Mindhunter Crime Files with David Wilson Free to Stream
Crime Files with David Wilson, a true crime series like Netflix's Mindhunter but real, is free to stream on STV Player and BBC iPlayer, exploring Scottish cases.
Ghost tapping: UK shoppers warned over contactless scam
UK shoppers are being warned about 'ghost tapping', a contactless fraud where scammers initiate tap-to-pay transactions without approval, potentially stealing money.
Asda, Morrisons, Home Bargains, M&S & more issue urgent recalls
Major retailers including Asda, Morrisons, Home Bargains, M&S, B&Q, and others have issued urgent food and product recalls over the past week, citing contamination, allergy risks, and safety hazards.
230 Brits have phones stolen daily as London hotspots revealed
Nearly 230 people a day had their mobile phones stolen in England and Wales in 2025, with London accounting for 87% of thefts, though numbers are falling.
Met Police apologises for exposing Fayed victims' emails
The Metropolitan Police has apologised after accidentally exposing the email addresses of Mohamed al-Fayed's alleged victims in a mass email, prompting a review of data handling procedures.
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