Press releases

Asif Javed, 25, of Kenelm Road, Birmingham, was sentenced on Friday 7 September 2018 to a 22 month custodial sentence and a 3 year disqualification from driving after he attempted to make fraudulent insurance claims for car crashes that he had deliberately caused. 

On Friday (7 September 2018), the director of a fake binary options company, which defrauded 42 victims out of a collective £475,000 by tricking them into making investments, was jailed. 

The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) delivered the first in a series of regional engagement workshops in July, with at least three more being planned for the coming months.

Today (Friday 31 August 2018) three men have been charged with bribery offences by officers from the City of London Police’s Fraud Squad.

A man who carried out a knife-point robbery at a designer store in the City of London has been jailed for more than three years.

On Thursday (23 August 2018), a man was sentenced at Stafford Crown Court after he abused his position at three different companies in the insurance industry, and lied to their clients about fictitious medical treatment costs that they were liable to pay. 

Fraudsters are taking advantage of previous fraudulent or mis-sold timeshare schemes and are advising victims that they are owed compensation. 

Two men appeared in court yesterday (Thursday 23 August 2018) charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, as part of a City of London Police investigation.

On Friday (17 August 2018), four men were sentenced at Inner London Crown Court for their part in carrying out a series of ‘crash for cash’ frauds, and then claiming against fraudulent insurance policies.

 

The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has responded to the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) annual detected fraud figures, which have been released today (Wednesday 22 August 2018).