Crime and Policing

  • 06 Jan 2024 3:27 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Convicted crooks were told to pay back more than £2.5 million last year after West Midlands Police pursued their 'dirty money'.

    Criminals involved in offences such as drug dealing and fraud can accrue significant sums of money from their illegal activities.

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2024/01/01/criminals-told-to-repay-25-million-of-ill-gotten-gains-after-police-pursue-dirty-money/

  • 30 Dec 2023 12:57 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A man who fled the country five years ago while he was on trial for fraud offences has been brought back to the West Midlands to face justice.

    Zahid Khan had fled to Dubai before the end of his trial back in 2018.

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2023/12/23/man-who-fled-country-five-years-ago-following-fraud-conviction-appears-in-court/

  • 30 Dec 2023 12:54 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Scam victims have recovered more than £1 million after Nottinghamshire Police’s fraud and cyber teams helped them get their money back.

    Forty-five victims have been reimbursed this year after Protect officers helped them submit claims to their banks, which have a duty of care to protect customers from fraud and cybercrime.

    https://westbridgfordwire.com/rushcliffe-victim-of-romance-fraud-among-those-helped-by-police-who-recover-1-million/


  • 23 Dec 2023 1:27 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) faces a possible multi-million pound legal bill after the High Court ruled today that the agency would not have opened an investigation into a Kazakh mining firm but for the wrongdoing of its officers.

    https://www.cityam.com/uk-fraud-office-faces-hefty-bill-after-court-finds-wrongdoing-led-to-enrc-bribery-probe/

  • 18 Dec 2023 6:09 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Six men and one woman have been arrested and charged after more than £1m was stolen from an elderly woman in Scotland.

    It follows a cross-border investigation involving Police Scotland and policing partners in Essex, London and Eastbourne.

    https://news.stv.tv/west-central/seven-arrested-and-charged-following-cross-border-investigation-into-theft-of-one-million-from-elderly-woman

  • 18 Dec 2023 5:58 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A new strategy aimed at tackling the growing threat of serious and organised crime has been announced by the Home Secretary as the Government steps up action to clamp down on criminal gangs operating in and against the UK.

    https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/new-strategy-launched-to-tackle-threat-of-serious-and-organised-crime/

  • 08 Dec 2023 12:30 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said that hiring 150 new staff was its “top priority” as it looks to continue its turnaround under new boss Nick Ephgrave.

    The recruitment drive is primarily for new investigators, forty of which will be junior agents, a spokesman said. This would take the number of investigators back to the 600 that its budget from the Treasury accommodates for.

    https://www.cityam.com/uk-fraud-agency-goes-on-hiring-spree-to-top-up-numbers-after-departures/


  • 25 Nov 2023 1:19 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    City of London Police has launched a five-year national policing strategy for fraud, economic and cyber crime to help forces deliver a better service to victims.

    It is the first time the national lead force for the three threat areas has produced a five-year plan, which builds on fraud and cybercrime being included in the strategic policing requirement earlier this year.

    https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/five-year-plan-launched-to-tackle-fraud-economic-and-cyber-crime/

  • 18 Nov 2023 1:29 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Today at the Old Bailey the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) secured the conviction of William Osmond, a solicitor, who disclosed confidential details about an investigation and forged a legal document in an attempt to mislead investigators.

    Osmond, co-founder of a London-based commercial and property law firm Osmond & Osmond Solicitors Ltd, is the first ever solicitor the SFO has prosecuted with “tipping off” a client. Solicitors are legally obliged not to share details of money laundering investigations into their clients. Osmond was also the acting Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the firm, meaning he was expected to report any suspicions of money laundering to the authorities.

    https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2023/11/14/sfo-secures-conviction-of-solicitor-for-tipping-off-client-about-money-laundering-investigation/


  • 26 Oct 2023 12:21 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Victims of f​raud have recovered more than £3 million thanks to a specialist Hertfordshire team.

    The award-winning Beacon Fraud Hub is run by Hertfordshire’s Victim Care Centre, which is staffed by professionals from the Constabulary’s Victim Service Team and Catch22, an independent organisation commissioned to support victims.

    https://www.thecomet.net/news/23871822.3m-recovered-victims-fraud-hertfordshire/

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