Press releases

Ahead of major boxing, golf and F1 coverage in the coming days, the City of London’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) is warning fans to avoid the risks of illegally streamed content.

Today (25 September 2018) Tatjana Sanderson, 38 of Sussex Gardens, London has been sentenced to two years suspended for two years at the Old Bailey for laundering the proceeds of a multi-million dollar bribery scheme.

Officers executed a warrant onthe morning of Thursday 20 September 2018 and seized approximately £300,000worth of cocaine, a large quantity of cannabis, two cocaine presses, a stun gunand approximately £12,000 in cash.

Today (Tuesday 18 September 2018) a woman was sentenced after she made 31 fraudulent insurance claims, including one where she stated that her daughter had sustained serious injuries in the terror attackat M.E.N Arena in Manchester.

Yesterday (Monday 17September 2018), officers from the City of London Police arrested a man, 39,from Brent, north London, on suspicion of grievous bodily harm (GBH).

New figures from the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has revealed that 17-24 year olds are most likely* to fall victim to fraudsters selling fake care insurance, also known as ‘ghost brokers’. 

Today (14 September 2018), four men have been sentenced to 12 years and 8 months at Southwark Crown Court for conspiracy to defraud and money laundering offences. 

The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has received the annual Intellectual Property Champions Award for Excellence in Enforcement from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center.