Cost of living crisis may drive ‘dishonest customers’ to opportunistic fraud – Ifed

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Detective chief inspector Tom Hill, head of the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, discusses the impacts of the cost of living crisis on opportunistic fraud

There has been frequent recent commentary from both insurers and fraud experts in relation to the expected increase in fraud as a result of the cost of living crisis.

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