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Showing 11 - 20 of 75 results for crime type "Fraud and economic crime" & area "CPS"
The ringleader of a people-smuggling operation which led to the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in Essex, has had his sentence extended for failing to pay back his Confiscation Order.Ronan Hughes, 45, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the Old Bailey in February 2021…
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A former NHS worker was sentenced today (Friday 18 July 2025) guilty for conspiring to create hundreds of false COVID-19 vaccination records.Wayne Knight, 40, a Senior Healthcare Worker at North East London NHS Foundation Trust pleaded guilty to fraud by misrepresentation and money laundering…
A former National Crime Agency officer has been jailed for stealing and hiding 50 Bitcoin - now worth £4.4m - which had been seized as criminal property during an investigation into online crime on the dark web.Paul Chowles, 42, was part of the National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation, which…
A fake medical practitioner who carried out a number of unsafe and illegal circumcisions causing lasting harm has been imprisoned today (15 July 2025) Mohammed Alazawi, 54, has been convicted of 40 offences which include multiple counts of fraud, wounding with intent, administering and…
A man who laundered more than a million pounds gained from a sophisticated romance fraud operation that devastated vulnerable victims has been jailed. Ahmed Ali Suleman, 63, was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA)…
Former senior staff members at two leading energy firms have been jailed for accepting over £2 million pounds worth of bribes in exchange for commercial contracts.Mark Baker (56, from Goole) and Matthew Heyward (51, from Newton Abbot) were both employed at E.ON as Head of Build and Quantity…
Four people (28 April 2025) have been jailed for corruption within the demolition industry.At Southwark Crown Court, Arben Hysa was convicted of bribing three Keltbray managers, during the period in which the bribes were paid his company (Tony Demolition Workers Ltd) benefited from Keltbray…
A man has been jailed for four years for defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000 which was meant to support small businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic.Aftab Baig, 47 from Glasgow, made fraudulent grant claims against thirty-two properties, which were branches of Greggs,…
A man responsible for running a global phishing service, used by scammers to trick people into handing over their details, has been jailed.Zak Coyne, 24, used his technical expertise to facilitate extensive fraudulent conduct worldwide by creating and running a subscription-based service for…
Two individuals have been sentenced today (11 April 2025) for breaches of Russian linked financial sanctions for the first time ever in the United Kingdom.Dmitrii Ovsyannikov, 48, and Alexei Ovsyannikov (AO), 47, have been found guilty of eight counts of breaching financial sanctions and two counts…
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To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
