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Householders warned about ‘significant’ increase in energy scams

Increasingly vulnerable householders are facing a “significant” increase in energy scams as the cost-of-living crisis takes hold, Trading Standards has warned. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has issued its “starkest warning yet” ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:00

Personal Finance

Pension savers may be vulnerable to scammers as living costs bite, FCA warns

Cost-of-living concerns could drive some pension savers into scammers’ clutches, research from the City regulator suggests. A quarter (25%) of people said they would consider withdrawing their pension savings earlier than planned to cover living ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud over £400m in Singapore trust

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has denied fraud over an alleged failure to declare to the Government more than £400 million in a trust in Singapore. The 91-year-old was charged after a probe by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which ...

22 Aug 2022 at 12:58

Personal Finance

58% jump in scam messages where criminals pose as friends and family, bank finds

A cost-of-living scam where criminals send messages pretending to be from friends or family members who urgently need help paying bills is on the rise, according to a bank. TSB recorded a 58% increase in “friends and family” scams in July ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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Fraud offences soar by 43% in the last year

Fraud crime in Ireland has soared by 43% in the last year, which has been driven by banking and online fraud, new statistics show. There were 16,202 fraud, deception and related offences in the second quarter of the year, an increase of ...

27 Sept 2022 at 08:33

National News

Fraud offences soar by 43% in the last year

26 Sept 2022 at 21:33

Personal Finance

Banks’ customers will have greater protections from APP scams under proposals

Banks and building societies will have stronger incentives to prevent scams happening in the first place, as well as having to reimburse victims who have been tricked into transferring money to a fraudster, under a regulator’s ...

29 Sept 2022 at 01:01

National News

Two arrested and cash seized in garda accommodation fraud investigation

Gardaí have arrested one man and one woman and searched two residences as part of an ongoing investigation into accommodation fraud The arrests were made on Thursday morning in south Dublin. As part of this ongoing ...

29 Sept 2022 at 17:33

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Two arrested and cash seized in garda accommodation fraud investigation

29 Sept 2022 at 16:33

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Two arrested and cash seized in garda accommodation fraud investigation

29 Sept 2022 at 17:33

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County Derry woman in court accused of stealing more than £177,000 from car dealership

A County Derry woman has appeared before court charged with stealing more than £177,000 from her former employer. Norma Smith, of Duncrun Road, Limavady, appeared, via video link, before a preliminary ...

30 Sept 2022 at 12:33

Personal Finance

One in five ‘have authorised payments flagged by their bank as suspect’

More than one in five (21%) people say they have authorised payments even though their bank or building society has flagged them as suspect. Men are more likely to have done this (29%) than women ...

08 Aug 2022 at 01:01

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