Broke mum was multi millionaire con artist

A cunning woman tricked lawyers into believing that she was dying of cancer and was a multi-millionaire.

Amanda Thomas, aged 43, told a specialist law firm that she was worth £250m and had properties located across the world as she asked them to draw up legal documents to serve as a will for her three children [...]

Jail for credit card cloners

Two men have been placed in jail for a two and a half year sentence after taking cash from ATMs by using fake pin numbers and debit cards.

Romanian Horea Dumitru, aged 22, and Hungarian Kristzan Racz, aged 31, plead guilty to the fraud which took place in Edinburgh on March 1st.  An off duty policeman [...]

iTunes fraudster jailed

Five men from Rochdale had been placed in jail for laundering money via iTunes music gift vouchers online.  The men stole enough credit cards to purchase £750,000 worth of iTunes vouchers, which they turned around and sold as a deal on eBay.

They were apprehended by police when one of the men was stopped at a [...]

Welsh council reacts to fake Welsh foods

A council from Wales has committed to continue prosecuting producers that do not label their food correctly in an effort to increase consumer confidence in their food choices after two cases hit the news that involved eggs.

The Carmarthenshire council has issued a warning to all food producers after prosecutions progressed regarding eggs that were branded [...]

Legal Services Bill lumbers along

Consumer groups should be welcoming the passage of the Legal Services Bill first stage because it has been three years since a complaint was first launched by Which? and following the complaint has been a large level of contention and drama.

Those who have been watching the Bill can contest that there is still plenty of [...]

Lawyers who have been hassling file sharers under investigation

The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) has started an investigation looking into a complaint that was made against the Davenport Lyons law firm for harassing and bullying hundreds people allegedly guilty of file sharing.

According to a report, the group Which? filed a complaint in 2008 against the law firm on behalf of the consumer group stating [...]

Fines for Gallo wine company for dubious pinot noir

12 local Carcassonne executives of E&J Gallo, a US wine company, were fined yesterday in a Carcassonne court after they were found to be fraudulently labelling inferior wine as handpicked pinot noir and selling it to the US company.

The label stated that the wine was handpicked and had the dark flavours and aromas of ripe [...]