A convicted romance fraudster has been ordered to pay back more than £30,000 to his victim. Kye Hughes, 35, from Rochester, defrauded a woman he met online after impressing her…
Detectives are warning house purchasers to beware of fraudsters after a victim was conned into transferring more than £70,000 to a criminal gang using a Gravesend bank account. On 15…
Residents in Kent are being urged to stay vigilant against a growing mobile phone delivery scam after two men were arrested and sentenced. Fraudsters are using stolen personal details to…
Jailed: Maxwell Rusey A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for orchestrating a romance scam that defrauded a woman of over £120,000, following an investigation by Kent…
Image: Pixabay Professional gambler Mike Stanley has been jailed for six years after conning over 6,000 victims out of a staggering £44 million in a fraudulent betting syndicate. The 68-year-old…
Library image In a jaw-dropping scam, an elderly Dover woman was tricked into mailing £10,000 in cash! The drama unfolded on September 3, 2024, when a sharp-eyed courier company tipped…
In East Kent, a dynamic operation was launched to crack down on rogue traders and empower residents to stay vigilant about their consumer rights On Thursday 22 August 2024, Kent…
A £170,000 investment ended up in the wrong hands when a couple were targeted as part of an elaborate scam by a fraudster from Gillingham. But Gillingham resident Kevin Pook…
Kent Police report a convicted fraudster from Herne Bay has been ordered by the courts to repay more than £163,000 which he scammed from a business in Thanet. In July…
A fraudster who tricked four victims into paying a total of £159,000 into a sham investment fund has been jailed. Tritex Global Limited invited clients to participate in a form…
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