The City of London Police has published its first Report Fraud Annual Assessment today, revealing how fraud continues to impact victims across England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as highlighting the growing threats communities face from increasingly sophisticated criminal tactics.

City of London Police intelligence assessment highlights emerging fraud trends and evolving threats | City of London Police

Warning as investors lose hundreds of thousands of pounds to “Ponzi-style” crypto scheme - GOV.UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/warning-as-investors-lose-hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds-to-ponzi-style-crypto-scheme

UK Finance's 2026 fraud report puts £576 million in APP losses on the table. The telecoms channel's disproportionate share points directly to a social engineering coverage question brokers should be asking before a claim forces it.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/phone-scams-cause-28-of-app-fraud-losses--a-clients-crime-policy-needs-the-right-wording-587641.aspx

A former NHS employee who lied about graduating from the University of Oxford and holding senior posts within the NHS has been jailed for four years.

An investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) found that Amran Hussain, 40, of French Street, Westerham, defrauded the NHS out of almost £170,000 after fraudulently obtaining 13 non-clinical roles within NHS organisations.

https://cfa.nhs.uk/about-nhscfa/latest-news/serial-NHS-applicant-jailed

Lloyds Banking Group is defending two High Court claims, one worth up to £1.1 billion and another for £280 million, brought by insolvency practitioners over an alleged £1.2 billion lending fraud at Arena Television, with a trial scheduled for October 2028.

The bank denies allegations that it had enough information to know it should not have processed payments related to the alleged fraud.

Arena, which was based in Surrey and worked on events including the Glastonbury festival for the BBC, collapsed in November 2021 amid allegations that it had been borrowing against television equipment that did not exist or was already pledged to other lenders.

https://bmmagazine.co.uk/legal/lloyds-arena-television-high-court-claims/

Food fraud is a serious crime. It is typically an organised, entrepreneurial crime that generates significant profits. It compromises the integrity of food systems causing economic harm, illness and death. Understanding the total economic cost of food fraud and its constituent cost drivers supports the development of policies that seek to strengthen the resilience and integrity of the food industry. However, measuring the cost of crime is a very challenging problem.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949791426000254

Fraudulent tenancy applications cost the private rental sector £4.1bn in financial losses every year, analysis from Goodlord has suggested.

The analysis, which examined data from more than one million tenant references over the past two years, found 41 tenancy applications per 1,000 were flagged for suspected fraud between July 2025 and June 2026.

While this is down slightly from the peak of 46.6 per 1,000 references recorded in late 2024, suspected fraud remains above historic levels.

Plastic card fraud stands as the top identity theft tactic targeting Brits, new research shows, with the scam now making up more than a third of all identity theft cases across the UK.

The study, conducted by cyber security experts at Inflection Point, analysed Cifas data to identify fraud patterns across different business sectors, including banking, insurance and telecommunications, between 2017 and 2025.

https://ifamagazine.com/card-fraud-tops-uk-identity-theft-ranking-as-expert-warns-britons-to-check-their-statements/

A group who fraudulently claimed to be able to provide PPE during the pandemic but instead spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on house renovations and luxury cars have been convicted after a National Crime Agency investigation.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/fraudsters-bought-luxury-car-and-home-improvements-from-ppe-scam

Big Tech will be held accountable for tackling scam ads on their platforms, under proposed new fraud-fighting rules announced today by Ofcom

• Ofcom calls for crackdown on fraudulent adverts online and sets out nearly 40 new safety measures for major sites and apps to adopt
• Rules include banning accounts that post scam ads and making them easier to report - firms “should not drag their heels” and improvements can start now
• Anti-fraud drive part of wider new requirements for the biggest online platforms