Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
Home insurance fraudster handed suspended sentence
A 37-year-old man who made a fraudulent claim for £34,000 worth of items on his LV home insurance policy has been given a suspended jail sentence following an Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department investigation.
Ifed inquiry leads to jail time for income protection fraudster
A 28-year-old man has been jailed for more than three years after he attempted to defraud two insurance companies out of £97,824 for lost income for a job he never had due to an illness he falsely claimed to be suffering from.
Bogus claimant found guilty in canteen slip and trip
A college chef who claimed for slipping in her work canteen has been found guilty of fraud by false representation, with CCTV evidence vital to the case.
Fraud 2015: Fraud 'mountain' too much for Ifed to handle
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department is currently seeing just the “snowy bit” of the insurance fraud mountain and there is too much fraud for the 28-strong department, according to its deputy head.
Ifed investigation leads to 18 month jail sentence for Southampton con man
A Southampton man who claimed £25,000 on insurance after creating fake invoices for items that he alleged had been stolen during a burglary at his home has been jailed for 18 months.
Ex-cons avoid return to jail after attempting to defraud Admiral and Ageas
Two men who met and became friends in prison yesterday (5 November) received suspended prison sentences at the Old Bailey after staging a ‘cash for crash’ accident in order to claim over £16,000 from Admiral and Ageas.
Aviva calls in Ifed after customer data theft
Aviva has called in the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department after a rogue employee sold details of customers who had been involved in road accidents to claims companies.
Ghost broker jailed for three years
A Barking man has been jailed for three years for selling fake motor insurance policies to criminals.
Courier company owner given suspended jail sentence
The owner of two West Midlands-based courier companies who forged multiple motor fleet and freight liability insurance policies to win business worth more than £700,000 has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, which was suspended for two years.
Crash for cash fraudster fails to show for sentencing
Police are appealing for information to help trace a crash for cash fraudster who failed to show for sentencing.
Ifed targets household fraud in national operation
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department has arrested six people and interviewed a further 42 as part of a nationwide clampdown on fraudulent household insurance claims this week.
Fraudster handed seven-year sentence after faking death to claim life insurance
A fraudster has been sentenced to seven years in jail after faking a woman’s death to claim nearly £1.7m in life insurance.
Stepping up data sharing against fraudulent travel claims
As travel insurance fraud is becoming more frequent, the industry needs to step up monitoring and information-sharing, just like it has been doing to tackle motor and household fraudulent claims, says Mathew Crawford-Thomas.
CMC boss jailed for bogus police car collision claims against Travelers
A claims management company director has been jailed for 12 months for his part in pursuing claims on behalf of an unknowing group of schoolboys who had been involved in a collision with a police car.
Keighley pair jailed for £167,000 fraud scam
Two Keighley men who created insurance policies for people who did not exist and then submitted 300 false personal injury referrals worth £167,000 for made-up road accidents have both been jailed for four and a half years.
Manchester fraudsters sent to jail for whiplash scam
Five people from Manchester involved in a fraudulent whiplash claim scam have been jailed for a total of five years.
Police charge 38 with insurance fraud offences
Police have charged 38 people for ‘cash for crash' insurance fraud offences in Cumbria.
DLG fraudster given suspended prison sentence
A Londoner who staged a burglary at his house in a bid to claim for £57,000 worth of jewellery and gadgets has been handed a six-month prison term, suspended for two years
Suspended sentences for fraudulent pet insurance scam
A married couple who conned an insurer out of £8,358.50 by making fictitious claims on pet insurance for real and non-existent dogs have been given a suspended prison sentence.
Ifed investigates fake whiplash claims
An ongoing investigation into what is believed to be a large-scale referral fee fraud targeting solicitors saw nine people interviewed nationwide this week.
Notorious ghost broker told to pay £658k back to fraud victims
The Old Bailey has ordered for £658,460.84 to be confiscated from a ghost broker currently imprisoned for masterminding what is believed to be the UK’s biggest fake car insurance scam.
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Prolific fraudster jailed for 38 months for £33k Aviva con
A Birmingham conman who defrauded Aviva out of more than £33,000 and then went on the run to evade justice has been jailed for three years and five months.
Travel insurance fraudster jailed
A council benefits officer who lied to insurers 28 times to gain £88,000 has been jailed for two years.