Press releases

Today (Monday 18 February 2019), a woman has been sentenced after she applied for multiple insurance policies but failed to disclose details of a previous conviction, in which she fraudulently claimed more than £44,000 in benefits. 

A man has been jailed for 58 weeks after he assaulted a member of the public and then racially abused the arresting police officer.

A woman has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison after defrauding an elderly man with Alzheimer’s out of nearly £120,000. 

Action Fraud, the national fraud and cyber crime reporting centre, is warning half term holiday makers to avoid fraudulent flight ticket sellers as they use new tactics.

A ghost broker has been sentenced for setting up fake companies and stealing the details of real companies to buy 10 fraudulent fleet insurance policies. The policies covered approximately 70 different vehicles, some of which had been involved in criminal activity.  

Officers from the City of London Police are appealing for witnesses after a man fell from Blackfriars Bridge.

The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry organization that fights criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, today launched Project Brand Integrity, a new initiative to protect European brands from association with illegal stolen content by alerting advertisers or their agencies to ads running on pirate sites in Europe.

Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at the City of London Police are warning Valentines shoppers to avoid counterfeit products that contain harmful chemicals and rat droppings.

We visited a number of construction sites last week and spoke to employees about their rights and entitlements, as part of the National Crime Agency’s campaign to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking.