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A 24-year-old man has been arrested by City of London Police on suspicion of fraud after allegedly submitting insurance claims for more than 650 stolen sheep. Two claims totalling £28,220 were paid, while a third for £64,800 was stopped.
James Gillingham has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison for masterminding a £1 million Ponzi scheme. The fraud, which ran between June 2015 and October 2016, targeted over 60 victims. The Crown Prosecution Service will now seek to recover Gillingham's criminal assets.
A finance worker has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for defrauding Breast Cancer Now. Tameem Choudhury diverted a £91,966.72 refund payment intended for the charity into his own bank account.
A City of London Police officer has been dismissed without notice and barred from policing after sending footage of a domestic incident to his cousin. The panel found PC Isaac Keown breached confidentiality and committed gross misconduct in August 2023.
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