Month: February 2014

Counterfeit 2014 World Cup tickets

Fifa enforcement officers fear a repeat of 2010 World Cup in South Africa counterfeit ticket fiasco, as fans may fall victim to multi-million-pound black market fraud. In a case, which is just an example of the multi-million-pound fraud, agents working on behalf of Wembley-based Infinity Tours were found circulating brochures stating they could “supply match […]

Air India lands in another ticket scam

Loss-making Air India has flown into another multi-crore scam involving its staff passing on free tickets meant for families of the airline’s employees, to unscrupulous travel agents for sale at commercial rates to air passengers. Air India’s vigilance department has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the fraud involving travel agents selling […]

Staff frauds on the rise

Economic crime continues to affect UK companies, with theft from employers on the rise, according to PwC’s Global Economic Crime Survey 2014. The number of frauds committed by staff, as opposed to those outside an organisation, has risen from 34% in 2011 to 41% in 2013. Link to article

Disneyland ticket scam

A Ceres couple were arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of 41 crimes stemming from the sales of bogus Disneyland tickets. Jessica Melendez, 33, and Israel Vasquez, 32, are accused of buying two-day Disneyland passes from AAA, then selling photocopies of them to people looking for a deal on Craigslist. Link to article

Hotel operator investigating data security breach

White Lodging Services Corp. is investigating a potential credit-card security breach. The hotel management company has 171 hotels in its portfolio, include 78 properties under Marriott International’s Courtyard and Residence Inn brands. White Lodging “has experienced unusual fraud patterns in connection with its systems that process credit card transactions at a number of hotels across […]

Police ransomware warning

Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre has warned internet users to remain vigilant against the “exponential” growth in police ransomware, which tricks users into handing over cash to criminals. The scam uses malware that displays warnings on a user’s computer pretending to be from a law enforcement agency and claims that because the user has engaged in […]