Louise Haigh resigns as transport secretary over stolen phone fraud offence
Louise Haigh became the first minister to quit Sir Keir Starmer’s government in a blow to the prime minister. The transport secretary wrote to the prime minister tendering her resignation as transport secretary after admitting she was convicted for making a false report to police over a mobile phone being stolen 10 years ago.
UK Cabinet member resigns over past phone fraud case
A member of the U.K. Cabinet has resigned after reports revealed she was convicted in a fraud case more than a decade ago. British Transport Secretary Louise Haigh submitted her resignation in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday,
UK transport secretary quits over decade-old cellphone fraud case
British Transport Minister Louise Haigh has resigned over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone was stolen
Minister Louise Haigh quits after fraud offence revealed
Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after it emerged she pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago. Downing Street has named justice minister Heidi Alexander as her replacement. Haigh has admitted telling police in 2013 she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging,
UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh Resigns Over Fraud Conviction
UK Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet after it emerged that she received a criminal conviction for incorrectly telling police that a work phone was stolen during a mugging in 2013.
Louise Haigh resigns as UK transport secretary over phone offence
UK transport secretary Louise Haigh was forced to resign after admitting she had pleaded guilty to a criminal offence over a missing mobile phone, in a fresh setback to the government after a bruising first five months in office.
Transport secretary Louise Haigh quits over phone offence
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has admitted pleading guilty to a criminal offence relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone she claimed was stolen. She has admitted that, a decade ago,
Haigh resigns as Transport Secretary after guilty plea over phone incident
Haigh resigns as Transport Secretary after guilty plea over phone incident - Louise Haigh said she reported a work phone stolen after being mugged in 2013 but later found the phone in her home.
An A.I. Granny Is Phone Scammers’ Worst Nightmare
Daisy Harris, an A.I.-generated English granny, has been stymying scammers with meandering, time-wasting conversations. But ...
Fraud is a $10B business, according to FTC; Harrison workshop aims to safeguard people
Pennsylvanians lost more than $118 million in phone scams and other frauds last year, taking a particular hit during the ...
How an AI granny is combating phone scams
British mobile phone company O2 has unveiled an “AI granny” called Daisy who is helping combat fraud by wasting scammers’ ...
Canada’s fight against phone fraud rings false
The government and the CRTC could be doing so much more to protect people but is instead satisfied with half-measures ...
eWeek5d
Meet Daisy: The AI Granny Scambaiter Taking Down Phone Scammers
eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our ...
Vishing, Wangiri, and Other VoIP Fraud Tactics On the Rise
Protect your business from VoIP fraud. Learn how to recognize the most common types and harden your phone system security.
Top Cabinet Minister pleaded guilty to fraud offence after falsely reporting phone theft
Transport Secretary Louise Haigh admitted fraud by false representation in 2014 after she wrongly said her work phone had ...
Cops probing Louise Haigh’s ‘stolen’ phone ‘believed photo she submitted of handset had been taken after alleged theft’
POLICE investigating Louise Haigh’s “stolen” phone believed a photo she submitted of the handset had been taken after the ...