fraud
TRADING STANDARDS: Garden clearance pair admit fraud and pressuring customers into paying up
Customers who hired two Merlins Bridge men for garden and ground clearance work were given false claims about how much…
PORTHCAWL: Son jailed for hiding mother’s body in freezer and claiming £78,000 of her benefits
Christopher Phillips kept Sylvia Phillips in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years after she died, telling…
ROGUE TRADER: ‘Garrulous charmer’ who turned gutter cleans into £40,000 of ruined roofs is jailed
Richard Murnane ran two fraudulent roofing businesses across Neath Port Talbot, targeting mainly elderly victims — with a judge branding…
LICENCE FRAUD: Thousands of lorry drivers given bogus medical tests in the back of vans by Swansea-prosecuted firm
Andrew Eburne has been jailed for four years after a Swansea Council Trading Standards investigation exposed a racket signing off…
FOOD FRAUD: Swansea kebab checks exposed national ‘lamb’ scam — and led to a £500,000 fine
A routine sampling exercise at Swansea takeaways led the city's trading standards team to an Essex factory where 'lamb' kebabs…
PENSIONS: Swansea West MP unveils crackdown on scams that cost savers thousands
New rules proposed by Pensions Minister and Swansea West MP Torsten Bell would let providers block suspicious transfers, after warnings…
DVLA FRAUD: Swansea insider jailed after doctoring car records in £1.3m scam
Matthew Holloway used his job at the DVLA to falsify vehicle records for Swansea car dealers, in a scheme that…
DOORSTEP FRAUD: Two charged after people ‘pressured into withdrawing money’ for building work across Neath and Swansea
A man and a woman are due before Swansea magistrates charged with a string of fraud offences, after reports of…
Council fraud team saves £1.1m by clamping down on system abuse and benefits cheats
Swansea Council’s fraud detection team has saved almost £1.1 million in just six months by clamping down on individuals attempting…
Serial rogue builder jailed again after £400k fraud left homes ‘virtually destroyed’
A Swansea rogue builder who wrecked homes across South Wales and left families in financial ruin has been sent back…
Bridgend woman admits selling fake Taylor Swift tickets
A woman from Bridgend has admitted defrauding fans out of almost £3,000 by selling bogus tickets for Taylor Swift’s hugely…