by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Apr 8, 2025
Criminals exploited social media platforms and fake celebrity endorsements to run increasingly sophisticated cryptocurrency scams across the UK in 2024, with the CoLP reporting that younger victims were disproportionately affected as total losses from investment fraud...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | May 28, 2024
People in their 80s are most likely to be targeted by criminals carrying out courier fraud, with this age range accounting for 43 per cent of all victims, data from Action Fraud shows…
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | May 8, 2024
The suspect, aged in his 20s, was working for a well known bank within the EU when police identified him. Detectives allege he recruited around 40 money mules for the criminal organisation and was allegedly involved in withdrawing money from some of these...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Mar 27, 2024
High value seizures included an £80,000 Porsche by Lancashire Police, a £70,000 BMW by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, and a £15,000 Rolex watch, alongside $33,200(USD), £15,75…
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Jan 17, 2024
Pensioners in the east and south of the UK are being warned to stay vigilant due to a surge in courier fraud cases. Criminals, posing as police or bank officials, deceive victims into believing their accounts are compromised. The scammers coerce victims, including one...
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