Fraud in Ayrshire more than doubled during lockdown as crooks hit online tech
dailyrecord.co.ukAyrshire more than doubled during lockdown.Crime stats show that 273 instances of fraud were recorded in the region between April 1 and June 30 this year.This huge increase means that fraud is up from 116 during the same period last year.Police Scotland say the rise reflects a national increase in fraud which is increasingly cyber-enabled as criminals take advantage of new technologies to profit from their victims.
But officers say the Management Information data published today for Ayrshire also showed positive results of proactive policing by officers in the division on crimes such as knife-carrying and drugs.Work by officers in Ayrshire led to an increase in recorded crimes of the carrying of offensive weapons with 36 crimes recorded, 10.
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