Crime and Policing

We go behind closed doors at Action Fraud

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/really-happens-report-scam-go-behind-closed-doors-action-fraud/

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said today it has issued an arrest warrant for the Chief executive of Luxembourg-based Eurasian Resources Group after he failed to appear for questioning.

http://www.cityam.com/289196/serious-fraud-office-issues-arrest-warrant-eurasian

Two cyber criminals have been sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for committing offences against the National Lottery, after a National Crime Agency investigation.

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1415-cyber-criminals-jailed-for-national-lottery-intrusion

The former vice-chair of the Police Federation is facing misconduct hearings over an alleged £1m fraud.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-federation-fraud-will-riches-1-million-misconduct-proceedings-charges-iopc-a8426636.html

The National Crime Agency is leading the investigation and broader law enforcement response to the cyber incident affecting Ticketmaster.

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1400-nca-statement-on-ticketmaster-cyber-incident

A bogus police officer, who claimed to be an economic investigator, stole £181,000 from people by claiming he could sell properties seized from criminals.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-44616485

Latest figures reveal the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is seizing more assets from criminals than ever before with a record total of £94 million reclaimed in the past financial year.

https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/mps-seizure-of-assets-at-all-time-high-and-continuing-to-rise/

The 2018 National Strategic Assessment (NSA) draws intelligence from UK law enforcement, government departments, the intelligence community and the private and voluntary sectors.

http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1347-national-crime-agency-publishes-2018-analysis-of-serious-and-organised-crime-threats

Action Fraud has received almost 300 reports in the past two days about fake WannaCry emails that demand payment from victims in Bitcoins.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/fake-wannacry-emails-demanding-payment-jun18

A report from law firm Pinsent Masons said a lack of police and prosecution resources caused prosecutions to fall by 6% from 8,304 in 2016 to 7,786 in 2017. There were 273,600 fraud cases reported to Action Fraud last year.

https://economia.icaew.com/en/news/june-2018/limited-resources-blamed-for-drop-in-white-collar-prosecutions