FOI 003428 Fraud and Money Laundering
Request Number: 003428/22
Date of Decision: 04 October 2022
Subject Area: Statistics
Decision: Disclosed
Request
1. How many people in your area of jurisdiction have you investigated for any offences relating to fraud between the time frame of 24.08.21-24.08.22?
2. How many people who have been convicted of any offences relating to fraud in your area of jurisdiction have received a fine between the time frame of 24.08.21-24.08.22?
3. How many people who have been convicted of any offences relating to fraud in your area of jurisdiction have received jail time (any sentence length) as a result between the time frame of 24.08.21-24.08.22?
4. How many people in your area of jurisdiction have you investigated for any offences relating to money laundering between the time frame of 24.08.21-24.08.22?
5. How many people who have been convicted of any offences relating to money laundering in your area of jurisdiction have received a fine between the time frame of 24.08.21-24.08.22?
6. How many people who have been convicted of any offences relating to money laundering in your area of jurisdiction have received jail time (any sentence length) as a result between the time frame of 24.08.21-24.08.22?
Reply
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Person Summary:
| Stats Classification group | Person count |
| FRAUD | 477 |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | 35 |
| 512 |
Person Outcomes:
| Stats Classification group | Person Classification group | Person count |
| FRAUD | 1: Charged | 5 |
| 1: Summonsed/postal requisitions | 16 | |
| 3: Adult caution | 7 | |
| 4: TIC (taken into consideration) | 1 | |
| 5: Offender has died | 1 | |
| 8: Community resolution | 6 | |
| 8: Youth restorative disposal | 1 | |
| 10: Police - Formal action not in public interest | 2 | |
| 13: Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill | 2 | |
| 15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties | 175 | |
| 16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified | 75 | |
| 21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest | 4 | |
| Police bail | 5 | |
| Released under investigation | 12 | |
| No further action | 134 | |
| Ongoing investigation | 61 | |
| FRAUD | Sum: | 507 |
| Stats Classification group | Person Classification group | Person count |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | 1: Charged | 2 |
| 1: Summonsed/postal requisitions | 1 | |
| 3: Adult caution | 4 | |
| 15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties | 7 | |
| Police bail | 1 | |
| Released under investigation | 4 | |
| No further action | 15 | |
| Ongoing investigation | 1 | |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | Sum: | 35 |
| Sum: | 542 |
Offence List:
| Stats Classification group | Stats Classification Desc |
| FRAUD | Make / supply article for use in fraud - Fraud Act 2006 |
| FRAUD | NFIB Crime - NFRC number recorded |
| FRAUD | NSIR NVC - Fraud and Forgery |
| FRAUD | Possess / control article for use in fraud - Fraud Act 2006 |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | Money laundering - use proceeds |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | Proceeds of Crime Act - tipping off - money launder |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | Proceeds of Crime - arrangement re criminal property - money launder |
| MONEY LAUNDERING | Proceeds of Crime - conceal / disguised / converted / transferred / removed criminal property |
All Fraud offences, Money Laundering offences and NFIB records for the time period requested with an identified suspect/offender have been extracted.
Only a breakdown of the Police Outcomes for the investigations can be provided. It must be noted that a person can be a suspect/offender for more than one offence and the offences can have different outcomes. For conviction/Court outcomes, please refer to CPS.
Please also be aware that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
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