’His sentencing and upcoming confiscation proceedings demonstrate our commitment to bringing insurance fraudsters to justice,’ says detective constable

A fraudster who pocketed more than 61,000 by falsely claiming he had to cancel pre-booked holidays due to Covid-19 restrictions has been sentenced by Inner London Crown Court this month (February 2025).

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Bromley-based, 37-year-old Dominic Ayo Williams, also known as Ayodele Oladuti, made 25 fake travel and home insurance claims over 18 months, defrauding two insurers out of a total 61,380.

Williams submitted fraudulent claims to Axa between September 2020 and May 2021, fabricating travel cancellations and forging invoices from a legitimate accommodation provider.

Seven claims, worth 24,536, were paid out before Axa’s fraud investigators flagged the activity as suspicious and referred the case to the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (Ifed) in June 2021.

The subsequent Ifed investigation found that Williams had never booked the flights or accommodation he had claimed for. He was therefore arrested on 2 November 2021 – and later admitted to the fraud.

Insurer Aviva additionally found that Williams had made 15 further fraudulent claims on its policies between March 2020...

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