New university students in Canterbury were given fraud prevention advice from Kent Police officers during a game of putting at the University of Kent. Officers from the Fraud Protect and…
A cleaner who stole around £50,000 from a customer has been jailed. Jennifer Richards stole the money from an elderly man whom she cleaned for between October 2017 and February…
An Ashford man who faked his own kidnap to con his victims into handing over thousands of pounds has been jailed for two years and four months. Christopher Sellman created…
Fraudster Colin Fox – jailed A fraudster from Ashford who tried to steal a vulnerable pensioner’s life savings has been sentenced to four years in prison. Colin Fox targeted a…
Kent Police is investigating reports of fraudulent adverts relating to sheds for sale in the district on local social media sites. Between 8 June and 9 July 2021 victims reported…
A serial fraudster posed as a council worker in order to steal thousands of pounds from elderly and vulnerable people living in the Sevenoaks area of West Kent. Ian Baggs…
KCC trading Standards has received a report that Dover residents are being targeted by doorstep criminals offering to jet wash their roof. 28 July 2021 Want to report a doorstep…
Homeowners buying or selling houses in Kent are being advised of some extra safety measures to adopt when transferring money online after a woman reported being a victim of fraud.…
A suspect has appeared in court charged with four offences following two burglaries in Dover. On the morning of Wednesday 7 July 2021, it was reported that two properties in…
An image of a man, shown above, who may have important information on a fraud committed in Otford, near Sevenoaks, has been released by Kent Police. Investigators would like to…
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