Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED)
Covéa uncovers Dudley driver's false claim
An Audi driver from Dudley who made a four-figure insurance claim for a fictitious crash has been ordered to undertake 120 hours unpaid work.
Post magazine – 25 April 2013
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Ifed raid: Joining up with the front line
When it comes to the industry-funded Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, market attention normally focuses on the severity of the sentences handed down to ghost brokers and crash-for-cash fraudsters. Callum Brodie joined the Ifed team for an early…
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny donned her flak jacket and tucked her pepper spray into her handbag before joining a team of IFED police officers on a dawn raid in East London last week.
Uninsured driver sentenced after motorist she crashes with refuses to lie to insurers
A woman who asked the motorist she had crashed into to lie on her behalf so she could cover up that she was driving without insurance was sentenced last Friday with a two year conditional discharge for fraud by false representation.
Zurich disappointed with fraudster sentence
Having successfully defended a criminal case against crash for cash fraudster Mark Smith, Zurich has said it is disappointed that the fraudster did not receive a custodial sentence.
Zurich wins crash-for-cash conviction
The driver of a Porsche who has admitted deliberately causing a crash with a council van has secured the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department its first crash-for-cash conviction.
Woman who forged doctor's signature for travel insurance sentenced
A woman who repeatedly forged her doctor’s signature to make multiple insurance claims has been handed a suspended jail term.
Crash for cash fraudsters jailed over fatal collision
Three men who orchestrated a crash for cash scheme that led to the death of an innocent motorist have been jailed.
Fraudster who claimed manhole fall sentenced
A fraudster who claimed he had fallen down a manhole has been hit with a suspended prison sentence as well as unpaid work and £85 of costs.
IFED’s biggest investigation ends with guilty plea
The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department’s biggest investigation, launched over a year ago, has concluded today with a fraudster pleading guilty to selling hundreds of non-existent car insurance policies to drivers across the UK.
Fraud prevention: Capital punishment
It has been a year since the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department opened for business in the City of London. Is the specialist team living up to the hype?
Post magazine - 24 January 2013
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Teen 'ghost broker' sentenced to 12 months
A teenager who sold worthless vehicle insurance on Gumtree has been handed a 12-month conditional discharge at City of London Magistrates' Court.
Man jailed after using frying pan receipt for bogus travel claim
A man who submitted a receipt for a frying pan as evidence for a fraudulent £2000 travel insurance claim has been jailed today.