A former UK Claims Organisation manager has pleaded guilty to more than 10 offences of unlawfully obtaining personal data. He was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £1,600 as well as a victim surcharge of £15.
The Liverpool-based claims management company made so-called ‘blagging’ calls to insurance companies to obtain information about policyholders and road traffic accidents with staff used various guises, including purporting to be calling from law firms, to obtain the information and sell cases on to real solicitors as personal injury claims.
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