Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter Fraud can cover a whole range of offences, from tax fraud to benefit fraud to fraud by false representation - where someone pretends to be someone they’re not.
However, one of the most harmful types of fraud is against the innocent person. These fraudsters conned, tricked and manipulated to steal hard-earned cash from unsuspecting people.
Among them are the man who used innocent people’s details in dozens of fake IDs to collect iPhones and iPads. Also, Rebecca Waterfall, who previously defrauded a travel agent she used to work for who has since used a customer’s bank card to pay for a holiday to Menorca.
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