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AN elderly woman handed over £2,600 of pension money she saved during lockdown to fraudsters posing as police officers, a court heard yeserday.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/07/09/news/man-accused-of-being-part-of-organised-crime-gang-that-targeted-pensioners-2380958/
The UK’s fraud watchdog has seized £247k of dirty money from an account linked to Virendra Rastogi, a puppeteer in an around £493m global fraud case.
https://www.cityam.com/uk-fraud-watchdog-seizes-247k-tied-to-virendra-rastogis-493m-global-metal-scam/
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured an account forfeiture order against an account linked to the criminal gains of Virendra Rastogi, one of the architects of a $700m global fraud.
https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/06/07/sfo-seizes-248k-from-fraudster-with-account-forfeiture-order/
The High Court in London has upheld the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO’s) long-running claim to the assets of convicted fraudster Gerald Smith.
https://www.rahmanravelli.co.uk/news/with-the-serious-fraud-office-having-successfully-concluded-a-lengthy-and-complex-hunt-for-a-fraudster-s-72-million-assets-niall-hearty-of-financial-crime-specialists-rahman-ravelli-reviews-the-case-/
The loss of 150,000 records from a number of national policing systems was caused by a human coding error, but made worse by process and management failures
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501504/Loss-of-150000-police-records-made-worse-by-management-failures
The Serious Fraud Office has today published its Business Plan for 2021/22
https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2021/05/13/sfo-publishes-business-plan-for-2021-22/
Criminals are exploiting advances in technology to drive serious and organised crime, the NCA says in the 2021 National Strategic Assessment – with increased online usage leading to a rise in offending.
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/online-is-the-new-frontline-in-fight-against-organised-crime-says-national-crime-agency-on-publication-of-annual-threat-assessment
The newly elected Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands, Simon Foster, is calling for members of the public and organisations to let him know what their priorities are for policing in the West Midlands.
https://www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/your-new-police-and-crime-plan/
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has ended a criminal investigation into individuals associated with Airbus, after it agreed to a record €3.6bn global settlement 16 months ago.
https://www.cityam.com/serious-fraud-office-ends-investigation-into-airbus-individuals/
A former Serco executive who was cleared of defrauding taxpayers by hiding millions of pounds in profits has called for the abolition of the white collar crime agency that pursued him.
https://www.cityam.com/former-serco-boss-calls-for-abolition-of-serious-fraud-office/
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