Claimed and Shamed

One man fakes his own personal injury claim using a nail gun, a would-be whiplash fraudster is caught out on bus CCTV, and a newly-formed police unit, IFED, raid a suspected fraudulent accident management company.

A fraudster who tried to cheat his way to £2.35 million is caught red-handed, one of the country's largest-ever insurance fraud gangs gets busted, and a teacher's story of his burnt-out BMW goes up in smoke.

A footballer who claimed he could not play is caught getting man of the match, a debt-ridden dentist fakes his own death, and a specialist police fraud unit executes a multi-location raid on a suspected motor fraud gang.

Claimed and Shamed returns to unearth more outlandish insurance fraudsters caught on camera. In this episode, a supposed invalid aircraft engineer is caught on camera ripping out his mother's bathroom; the reckless driver of a Porsche is busted by CCTV; plus a broken manhole cover inspires an opportunistic fraudster.

A man is caught executing a hilarious fake fall in a supermarket; two men falsely claim their car was smashed by a fire engine; and a prolific crash for cash gang are brought to justice by the police.

A man fakes a fall over a loose tile in a train station, there is incredible footage of a crash for cash in action, and a vet makes claims for surgery that did not happen on animals that did not exist.

A fraudster claims on his unemployment policy whilst he is working, and undercover filming catches him in the act. A multiple raid on a group of suspected health insurance scammers leads to the fraud department's largest ever seizure of jewellery. A vet makes thousands of pounds in fraudulent pet insurance claims, but ends up in the doghouse. Plus, how one insurance company closes in on a claims management company involved in a £2 million scam.

A fraudulent cyclist inflates his claim to a staggering £3 million which eventually earns him nine months behind bars. A woman appears to be the victim of a series of muggings, but suspicions are raised and the police investigate. The IFED team conducts an early-morning double raid on a suspected crash-for-cash gang, and a woman claims she was knocked over by a bus, but the CCTV footage tells a very different story.

A bus driver is sent to jail when he's paid £500 to take part in one of the biggest crash-for-cash syndicates in the country. An early-morning raid hits a dead end, the hunt for a suspected fraudster takes a detour, and a would-be conman dials in a number of fake insurance policies for a smartphone that doesn't exist.

A family tells the tragic story of the UK's first crash-for-cash fatality. A prisoner tries to cash in from behind bars, two fraudsters see their scam melt away when they post ice cubes in an attempt to defraud Royal Mail, and Thames Valley Police raid a business address in the hunt for a suspected crash-for-cash ring.

A fireman goes from hero to zero when he is caught red-handed in an arson insurance fraud. A criminal's attempts to scam the state see him locked up for longer, an insurance claimer is trapped when he says a rat stole his mobile phone, and IFED raids the homes of suspected car insurance fraudsters.

A 'riotous' fraudster hopes the civil unrest of 2011 will pay for a new launderette. A policy holder thinks she can claim on her travel insurance when she hasn't even left her front doorstep, and two bus passengers think a small knock will pay out big. Meanwhile, Thames Valley Police get tough as they knock down the door of a suspected major insurance scammer.

A driver's hopes of a bumper personal injury claim take a hefty knock when CCTV shows what really happened. Justice is delivered when the Royal Mail scuppers a fraudster's attempts to cash in. A convicted criminal is handed extra time on his sentence when he trips up with a dramatic fall behind bars. A drink driver tries to claim on his insurance for damage that he caused. Plus jaw-dropping footage of an American car dealer who deliberately crashed his $2 million supercar and now faces up to 20 years behind bars.

A fraudster is resurrected from the grave when a store loyalty card exposes his fake death scam and lands him with a five-year stretch behind bars. Photos posted on social media expose the truth behind a young man's personal injury claim. A pushy customer walks away empty-handed after insurers get wise to his repetitive tactics, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department are on the hunt for a man who attempted to defraud Newcastle City Council after his attempts to show off to his friends went horribly wrong.

The shocking story of a husband and wife who conned an insurer out of £70,000 by falsely claiming a young relative had been blinded in an accident. A convicted criminal is handed an even longer stretch behind bars after faking a fall from his bunk bed to make a personal injury claim. A mobile phone insurance claim is flushed away when the claimant's soggy story of losing it down a drain holds no water. CCTV pours cold water on an insurance claim after a building is burned to the ground, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department carry out an early morning raid to arrest a suspected fraudster.

Claimed and Shamed is back for its sixth series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department pays a visit to an insurance broker suspected of using his expert knowledge to make a series of fraudulent insurance claims. The foundations of a house insurance claim are rumbled when metadata embedded in photos shows they were taken before the damage occurred, and CCTV puts the brakes on a driver attempting to secure a bumper payout. FirstGroup are baffled when they receive a brazen bus claim, and a suspicious story about some lost jewellery lacks the ring of truth.

The next stop is jail for the fraudster behind a massive bus fraud involving seven collisions and hundreds of personal injury claims. A mobile phone insurance company is determined to flush out the truth after receiving a suspicious claim for a mobile phone dropped down a drain. Time is called on a punter's claim against a pub, thanks to CCTV footage, when a landlord's false fire claim combusts at court as he tries to insure the building after it has burned down. Plus, the jaw-dropping footage of an attempt at house insurance fraud that went tragically wrong in the USA.

Prison is the final destination for a prolific travel insurance fraudster who racked up claims totalling over £100,000. CCTV well and truly puts the brakes on a claim for multiple injuries sustained in an incident on a bus. And the men behind an attempted fraud clearly don't know their left from their right, as they submit a claim that simply could never have happened as they describe.

Claimed and Shamed is back for its seventh series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. A claimant ends up behind bars when secret filming exposes his injuries as lies. A bus claim stalls when CCTV reveals an alleged accident never happened, and a greedy policyholder is left with a chequered financial record after trying to con his way into a double payout. In the USA, the jaw-dropping case of a woman caught planning her husband's murder by an undercover police officer posing as a hitman, and the next stop is prison when the British Transport Police catch up with a trio of fraudsters behind a massive mobile phone fraud.

Claimed and Shamed is back for its seventh series, exposing even more insurance fraudsters lying on the phone or caught out on camera. The series highlights the extraordinary and often ridiculous lengths some people go to in order to try and receive a bumper payout. The orchestrator of a crash-for-cash operation targeting delivery vehicles finds himself behind bars when the Metropolitan Police catch up with him. Time is called on a claim for a lost watch when metadata from photos to support the claim actually prove the claimant's dishonesty. Justice is on the menu for one woman after her outrageous attempt at a trip-and-slip claim in a canteen is caught on CCTV, while a gang claiming for accidents that never even happened find themselves in court when insurers crack their scam. And a claimant finds herself out of pocket when her attempt to defraud her insurer backfires, and she has to repay her undeserved payouts.

A man claiming he can't work has his supposedly injured back to the wall after secret filming catches him out, while a woman who misses her flight tries to stage an elaborate cover-up. The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catch up with a fraudster claiming for loss of earnings on a job he didn't even have, and in the USA, a man is murdered in a barbaric life insurance scam.

A bogus car insurance claim leads to the police tracking down and recovering hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of vehicles stolen from the UK, while a mother's attempt to cash in with a personal injury claim after the most minor of bus crashes is caught on camera. A man ends up doing time when the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department crack his lost watch scam, and a father frames his own son for destroying a supposedly valuable work of art. In the USA, an attempt at home insurance fraud ends in tragedy.

The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department catches up with a married couple who've been systematically defrauding their medical insurers for over a decade. Two men end up owing an insurance company over £10,000 after deliberately crashing their cars into each other to try and earn a quick buck, an employee's compensation claim for an injury at work falls flat when it is discovered he wasn't actually there at the time of the accident, and a whiplash claim comes to a screeching halt when CCTV footage reveals that the two vehicles involved barely touched each other.

CCTV stops a pedestrian's personal injury claim in its tracks when it shows that he was never hit at all, pet insurers expose a dog owner's canine con, and the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department unravel the plot when a wannabe film director's claims an airline has lost nearly £200,000 worth of camera equipment. A social media search delivers the knock-out blow to a martial arts fighter's bogus personal injury claim, a serial scammer's repeated travel insurance claims are grounded, and in America, a tragic accident turns out to be a shocking life insurance fraud.

Undercover filming reveals that a handyman is working despite claiming disability on his income protection policy, while a travelling football fan is caught offside as he struggles to get almost every aspect of his stolen luggage story straight.An opportunist tries to catch her insurers napping by claiming for a top-of-the-line mattress, a serial fraudster comes unstuck after he tries to make the same personal injury claim three times in 12 years, and in the USA a convicted fraudster goes to jaw-dropping lengths to delay a ten-year jail sentence.

A motorist with a genuine claim is left out of pocket when forensic engineers discover that he has used a hammer to grossly exaggerate the damage to his vehicle, and a prisoner's bogus personal injury claim collapses after he fails to get his facts straight.A couple go on the run when their elaborate claim of being burgled at knifepoint is exposed as a fraud after the woman is interviewed wearing the jewellery she claimed was stolen, and phone records show that insurance for a new puppy was taken out after it had been injured.

A claim for a water-damaged mobile phone sinks when the claimant admits it is a fraudulent claim, and shocking spelling is the undoing of a chancer attempting to cash in on their travel insurance policy for medical treatment that never took place.A couple fail to get their stories straight in a made-up motor insurance claim, while an opportunist miraculously predicts her own accident at work. Pub CCTV cameras show what really happened when a cyclist attempts to take the brewery for a ride with a personal injury claim, and a pair of motorists confess to claiming for the same damage twice.

A fraudster attempting to cash in with a bogus car insurance claim ends up behind bars when his lies are exposed by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department, while investigators have a hard time making sense of a dubious claim for a lost watch when their customer just can't get any of his facts straight. Pet insurers refuse to roll over as a dog owner attempts to push through a claim where none of the facts check out, and in the USA an undercover police operation catches out a husband who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted, even if it meant committing the ultimate evil.

Footage captured on station CCTV cameras sends a train passenger's personal injury claim into the buffers when it contradicts his version of events, and there are life-changing consequences for an insurance company employee when he's caught stealing customer information. Investigators struggle to establish whether the puppy in a pet insurance claim even existed, there is a tearful confession from an opportunist caught pursuing a claim for lost jewellery after it had been found, and a fraudster learns a costly lesson when he's caught exaggerating the damage to his vehicle in the hope of a bigger pay out

A woman ends up behind bars when the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department crack a fake death scam that also implicated her own son to cash in on a life insurance policy, while a claim for a lost mobile phone is cut off when investigators discover it's already been reported as stolen. A gang's elaborate attempt to pull off a crash-for-cash scam is scuppered when the entire fraud is captured on CCTV, insurers crack a case involving a claimant with dual identities, and an opportunist's personal injury claim falls at the first hurdle.

Naga Munchetty presents the programme exposing cases of insurance fraud. CCTV cameras are the undoing of a dangerous driver as the true nature of his run-in with a bus is caught on camera, while a woman's hopes of a pay-out after a work-related back injury are set back when footage emerges of her bungee jumping and jet skiing.

A fraudster is left bankrupt and behind bars when his attempt at a crash-for-cash scam backfires. Questions are raised after a stolen watch is found, but not where it should be.

An opportunist tries his hand at forgery to sign off his own claim, and a case of road rage escalates into a fraudulent claim.

Insurers join forces to catch a serial fraudster, while digital data reveals that a claim for £35,000 of stolen jewellery is a complete lie.

Fraudsters put innocent drivers' lives at risk by engineering crashes on public roads, while a chancer's pretend tumble over a pothole is uncovered for what it really is.

There's trouble in store for one supermarket when a group of women stage a fall, and when a Rolex gets ruined, the claimant has problems recalling his timings.

A house fire ends in tragedy when an attempt to cash in on a big home insurance policy goes terribly wrong, and a window cleaner who says he can’t work is caught out on camera.

The theft of a luxury car is revealed to be an inside job when fraudsters are caught out by tracking technology, and a boxer finds himself on the ropes when his lies are exposed online.

A surveillance operation trips up a man claiming big money after a fall on an uneven pavement, and a gang causing deliberate car crashes to make fraudulent claims is investigated.

Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of investigators. Today, when he finds himself facing a prison sentence, a builder says he was given dodgy advice before faking a claim. The tables are turned on a burglary victim who turns rogue to get his hands on a bigger payout. A not-so-jolly sailor ends up in hot water after his boat goes up in flames. A skier is on thin ice when he fails to disclose a hefty payout that had already been paid into his account, and a serial claims cheat is caught on camera when he’s recorded on CCTV.

Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a fast-food brawl leaves one woman convinced she has a fighting chance of getting her hands on £100,000. A plumber tries to claim for his stolen tools twice, while a crash-for-cash gang’s antics are exposed by satellite technology. A butcher injured at work chops and changes his story so much that he ends up with nothing other than a huge bill to pay, and a serial claims cheat fakes damage to the same sofa multiple times until the police finally catch up with him.

Insurance cheats come under the spotlight of the investigators. Today, a jogger fakes a £6,500 payout, but his antics are caught on CCTV. A scammer is exposed online after using multiple identities to cash in following a series of robberies, while an adrenaline junkie wanting a £50,000 payout for his injuries has his claim wiped out when he shares his adventures on social media. A driver is exposed for implicating his nearest and dearest in a false claim, and a dog owner plays fast and loose with her pet policy to get reimbursed for a £4,000 vet bill.

A woman claiming £1.7 million for injuries that left her unable to perform the simplest of tasks is caught on camera while shopping. A yoga instructor bends the truth to get a payout following an accident. A prisoners claim doesn't add up.

A con woman posing as a grieving widow fakes her husband's death. A mechanic's £50,000 claim for a car jack injury is stopped by investigators. A scammer who took out a string of dodgy motor policies over the phone is caught out.

Concerns over a man's supposed death result in his claim for a fall being thrown out by a judge. The serial scammer heading behind bars after CCTV shows he intentionally caused a crash. Dodgy paperwork trips up a claim over a fall.