Press releases

Today (Friday 30 August 2019), a man has been jailed after he orchestrated a series of false medical claims made by him and five others, against their company’s medical benefits package. 

A prolific gym thief has been jailed after stealing a number of watches, worth just under £78,000, from gym lockers in the City.

The incident happened at 2.15pm on Monday 12 August 2019 outside 60 London Wall (EC2M).

A man has been sentenced for making several fake travel and jewellery claims, including the loss of his partner’s engagement ring. Warren Wills, 35, of Harold Road, Margate, was given a 12 month community order to complete 240 hours unpaid work.

Officers from the City of London Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a pickpocket, after they released CCTV footage of the man stealing both a wallet and a phone from an unsuspecting victim.

On Monday 5 August 2019, a man was jailed after he stole £2.9m from his employer by processing hundreds of payments into his bank accounts for fictional contractor work. 

A man has been jailed after he abused his position as an insurance claims handler to steal £390,478 from his employer by diverting customer payments into his own account. 

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr, thanked the City of London Police, and in particular, Detective Sergeant Ian Kellaway, for their assistance with the investigation into Timothy Sammons, 63, a former art sales agent operating in New York and London.

Two men attacked the front of the Louis Vuitton store at the Royal Exchange with an axe, hammer and machete in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Two men have been sentenced following a City of London Police operation designed to catch distraction thieves. The targeted police work has seen these specific type of offences cut by more than 50 per cent in two months.