Fraud and economic crime | The Crown Prosecution Service

Man convicted of defrauding Leeds City Council out of small businesses grants during Covid

A man has been found guilty of defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000 which was meant to support small businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Fraudster who defrauded Covid ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme jailed

An accountant who helped himself to £27,000 from the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme as part of a bigger Covid loans fraud has been jailed for three years and eight months today.

Gang members jailed for laundering drug money in Liverpool

Six men have today been jailed for their involvement in an organised crime group (OCG) which laundered millions of pounds.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted the defendants following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) under Operation Venetic.

Under this law enforcement operation, EncroChat, an encrypted messaging platform, was infiltrated and incriminating messages from devices linked to organised crime were revealed.

Construction industry people jailed for £22 million fraud against the taxpayers

Seven construction company connected insiders have today (4 February 2025) been sentenced for their key role in a £22 million fraud against the taxpayer.

DWP worker sentenced for stealing from social club

A woman who worked for the Department of Work and Pensions has been sentenced for stealing from the agency’s sports and social club.

Four convicted of demolition industry corruption worth over £600,000

Four people (12 February 2025) have been found guilty of 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 specialist labour contracts worth £15m.

The bribes totalled more than £600,000 between 2012 and 2018.

Former surgeon jailed for five and-a-half years after admitting offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm and child cruelty during multiple male circumcision operations

A former surgeon has been jailed for a combined total of more than five and-a-half years (67 months) today (Wednesday 15 January) at Inner London Crown Court having admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, child cruelty and administering a prescription only medicine to several young and vulnerable patients whilst ignoring basic hygiene rules and performing non-therapeutic male circumcision whilst ignoring basic hygiene rules and performing non-therapeutic male circumcisions.

Ex-takeaway worker is ordered to pay back £3.1m after money laundering conviction

A former takeaway worker who laundered the proceeds of fraud, which saw her rise from living above a restaurant to residing in a multi-million pound rented house, in an affluent part of North London, has been ordered to pay back more than £3.1 million or face extra time in jail.

A dealer of unreleased and stolen famous musicians’ tracks is sentenced

A dealer of stolen unreleased music from famous musicians via the dark web through cryptocurrency exchanges has been today sentenced/imprisoned (3 January 2025).

Skylar Dalziel, 22, of Luton, was sentenced today to 21 months imprisonment suspended for 24 months at Luton Crown Court for 14 counts related to purchasing and selling of copyrighted music without the consent of the recording artists or label.

Former human rights lawyer sentenced for fraud on the public purse

A former solicitor has been sentenced today (10 December 2024) for defrauding the Legal Services Commission (forerunner of the Legal Aid Agency),and making substantial gain at a significant cost to the public purse.

Phil Shiner, 67, has been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years for three counts of fraud at Southwark Crown Court to which he pleaded guilty on 30 September 2024.

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