Private hire driver fined hundreds of pounds for blue badge fraud
A private hire taxi driver who used a fake blue badge to park in Croydon has been fined hundreds of pounds.
September 2019
June 2018
Council warning over iTunes phone scam
The council’s trading standards team is warning over-70s about phone scams after a South Croydon woman was duped out of £650 worth of iTunes vouchers.
The woman was telephoned out of the blue by a man who said […]
Scams warning for Generation Z
Croydon Council's trading standards team is warning young people aged 18-24 to be aware of how to protect themselves from online scammers after a rise in reported digital fraud cases.
August 2017
Payment scam warning over bogus council contact
Croydon Council is warning the public to be aware of a scammer who posed as one of its employees to try and con over £1,000 out of local people with learning disabilities and connected professionals.
The scam involves a […]
July 2017
Targeting older people
Bank card and investment fraud are among the most lucrative scams for those determined to part the innocent from their cash – and older people are most likely to become the victims.
The national Scams Awareness Month campaign […]
Internet-savvy young targeted by online scammers
Social media is a modern phenomenon that the younger generation has grown up with and couldn’t imagine life without.
While enabling them to keep up with friends, family, celebrity gossip and the goings-on in the current reality TV […]
March 2017
Crooked letting agent jailed for keeping clients’ deposits
A letting agent – described by a judge as being “thoroughly dishonest” – has been jailed for 19 months after making off with thousands of pounds of clients’ holding deposits.
The trial of Thirugnanaselvam Damayantharan, of Demesne Road, […]
November 2016
Serial fraudster jailed after council investigation
A Norbury woman who fraudulently claimed nearly £192,000 in benefits has been jailed for seven years after a Croydon Council-led prosecution.
Angel Jackson, aged 52, from Solent Court, London Road, Norbury, was sentenced on Friday after being found […]
October 2016
Blue-badge applicants warned of unnecessary charges
Holders of parking permits for disabled people – blue badges – are being warned not to be taken in by companies that charge to complete online application forms.
Croydon Council is […]
April 2016
Photo-copied blue badge costs builder hundreds
A builder’s financial problems were worsened when he was fined for using a photocopy of his father’s disabled parking permit to avoid having to feed the meter while he worked in central Croydon.
Adam Mansfield, 42, of Rainham, […]