Three individuals have been sentenced for their roles in a fraud scheme that deceived victims in North East England out of more than £50,000 by posing as members of a bank's 'Fraud Squad'. In a separate case, a man was sentenced in Derry for faking cancer and misappropriating over £3,000 in donations collected through a GoFundMe campaign. This fraudulent activity has been described as 'despicable and shameful' by authorities, highlighting the serious nature of such scams and their impact on victims.