Press releases

We note the Police Foundation’s research on the policing response to fraud and will consider the recommendations. 

Using #AllIWantForChristmas this year’s campaign is providing the public with useful advice and tips to ensure they stay safe and aware of their surroundings when they are out in the City over the festive period.

A company director has been sentenced to eight months in prison after lying to police in an attempt to dodge a number of speeding offences.

This year, the City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) suspended over 31,000 sites as part of Europol's Operation in Our Sites.

This Christmas, Action Fraud and the City of London Police are reminding shoppers to take extra care when shopping for gifts online. As consumers search online for bargains and gifts for loved ones, fraudsters are seeing this as an opportunity to trick people with the promise of great deals and big cash savings.

Yesterday (Thursday 22 November 2018), three men were sentenced at Manchester Crown Court (Munshull Street) for conspiring to deliberately cause a crash in order to claim for injuries and vehicle damage.

The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), in partnership with BaByliss, Electrical Safety First, the Intellectual Property Office, the City of London Corporation’s Trading Standards, UL and London Fire Brigade, is urging shoppers to buy electrical products from reputable sellers.

The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) are supporting the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) Operation Drive Insured, a national campaign to catch uninsured drivers.

A man who used fake details to make fraudulent dental and optical claims for himself and a fictitious wife and children has been sentenced.

A teenager who stabbed a workcolleague near Liverpool Street Station in June has been jailed for sixyears.