Press releases

New government guidance warns of the dangers fake vehicle parts can have to drivers, passengers and road users.

On Wednesday (18 July 2018), Jack Burton was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for making nine fraudulent claims against several insurers including Aviva, RSA, Allianz and Direct Line Group. He also pleaded guilty to abusing his position as an insurance claims handler at AXA, stealing £7,779.

In the last quarter (April-June 2018), Action Fraud received 130, 519 reports fromthe public and businesses who said they had been a victim of fraud or cybercrime.   

Detectives from the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) have released an image of a man they are looking to speak to in connection with an ongoing insurance fraud investigation.

Action Fraud is issuing a warningas reports show that fraudsters are registering domain names to look like they belongto UK university email addresses. 

On Friday (13 July2018), Philip Bujak, 58, from ChelwoodGate, Haywards Heath was sentenced to six years in prison after being foundguilty of committing more than £180,000worth of fraud over a seven year period against the Montessori St Nicholas charity. 

The City of LondonPolice’s Cyber Crime Unit have held their first Cyber Griffin briefing afterthe initiative was launched in May this year.

A London man was sentenced to seven and a half years on Friday 6 July 2018 at Southwark Crown Court for committing fraud by false representation after attempting to steal equipment across eight countries from nine companies working in the film industry.

A man has today been sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for two years after pleading guilty to arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.

City of London cyber crime victims lost £230,000 between October 2017 and March 2018.