Do you REALLY know who you are dealing with?
Identity driven crimes account for nearly half of all frauds in 2014 A recent report carried out by CIFAS found that data driven identity crimes — frauds carried out using a victim’s identity details to obtain new accounts and/or take over those already existing — accounted for over 45% of all confirmed frauds in the […]
Solicitor struck off for mishandling estates
A solicitor has been struck off for mishandling the estates of deceased clients. Russell Rollings, formerly of Bristol firm Burges Salmon LLP, was struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) at a hearing held on 15 September. The Tribunal heard in a prosecution brought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) how Mr Rollings mishandled […]
Man found guilty of £1.5 million inheritance fraud
Bristol Crown Court have found a Gloucestershire man to be guilty of extensive financial fraud, following a three week trial ending this week. He had syphoned over a million pounds from family inheritance, by forging the signatures of his deceased mother, and other brother, who now lives in Singapore. Peter Howes, 53, unlawfully gained equity […]
