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New Uggs-Fashion Women's Sheepskin UGG Boots (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
LONDON — The Metropolitan Police said Thursday it shut down more than 1,200 Web sites that purported to sell merchandise such as Tiffany jewelry and Ugg boots but instead shipped counterfeit goods or nothing at all, and put shoppers at risk of identity theft and financial fraud. The Metropolitan Police said its Central e-Crime Unit worked [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Government ministers should attend more simulated terrorist attacks to prepare them for the real thing, two former senior police officers urged today.
Indygal Goes to Holyrood! (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... They clearly don't realise. Not like these people. So hurry up, phone the polis, phone the anti-Scotland Yard before it gets out of hand. And keep your eye out for other saltires, there's clearly an underground politicisation programme going on and we have to smash it, for all our sakes. I'll let you know if I spot any more!
photo.tomlog.nl (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Econsultancy blog (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
British police have shut down more than 1,200 websites selling fake designer clothing in jewelry in the past week. And along with those websites, they've taken out some of Google's top results. Thanks to a tweet tip , the aftermath of Scotland Yard's crackdown can be seen with a Google UK search for ' ugg boots '. As I write this, no less than seven of the top 10 results on the first page for...
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
This is Money reports that Scotland Yard's e-crime unit shut down 1,200 scam websites that were selling counterfeit UGG boots and other products. Some of the sites also took orders but never delivered any products. They offered shoppers designer goods including clothing and jewellery but would either provide counterfeit goods, or would take shoppers money and provide no goods at all. Experts...
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
More than 1,200 scam websites being used to target Christmas shoppers have been closed down. The websites had been offering discount designer goods including clothing and jewellery, but police said customers either received counterfeits or nothing at all. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said that 1,219 scam websitesHe said the sites offering items including Ugg boots, GHD hair straighteners [...]
Voices (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The Metropolitan Police said Thursday it shut down more than 1,200 Web sites that purported to sell merchandise such as Tiffany jewelry and Ugg boots but instead shipped counterfeit goods or nothing at all, and put shoppers at risk of identity theft and financial fraud.
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... according to the Independent. The money was paid back by Clarence House in December 2007 and Scotland Yard cashed the cheque days later, the newspaper said, citing a document.
Five Chinese Crackers (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... For some crimes, the figures are even more alarming. One controversial report conducted by Scotland Yard last year found that more than half of teen knife crime offences in the capital involve black suspects. He seems to be referencing the same 'report' (or rather, response to a Daily Mail FoI request) that I referred to yesterday, and it seems that these are the most alarming figures for...
Carroll Trust Charities Fraud Case (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... embezzlement tax evasion and criminal seizure fraud case. It has been revealed in the FBI Scotland Yard Carroll Case that HSBC directors and officers of the bank have been "named" in compelling criminal evidence dossiers submitted to high level law enforcement officers in the FBI Washington DC field office USA and Scotland Yard UK concerning this ongoing criminal investigation...
Boy! Am I Cross! (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... identified by the ship’s captain. The pair were bought back to face trial in England by a Scotland Yard detective who had gone out to meet them on a faster ship. Though Le Neve was acquitted, Crippen was found guilty and hanged in Pentonville Prison in November 1911. At the time of the trial, forensic medicine was in its infancy, but Sir Bernard Spilsbury found a piece of skin with...
carrolltrust | 12/08/2009
... embezzlement tax evasion and criminal seizure fraud case. It has been revealed in the FBI Scotland Yard Carroll Case that HSBC directors and officers of the bank have been "explicitly named" in compelling criminal evidence dossiers submitted to high level law enforcement officers in the FBI Washington DC field office USA and Scotland Yard UK concerning this ongoing criminal
Browser Media (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
An interesting move from the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) saw the removal of 1,219 scam websites last week. Dubbed ‘Operation Papworth‘, this is believed to be the biggest single swoop of its kind in the world. The websites are thought to have generated millions of pounds for organised criminal gangs, Scotland Yard’s Central e-crime ... Read full...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... the policy, fearing it would alienate its 'core working-class vote'. Then we have figures from Scotland Yard: "Black youths are suspected of more than half of knife crime among children in the capital, according to confidential Scotland Yard figures. A highly-sensitive report reveals that 124 of the 225 under-18s legally 'proceeded against' for knife offences in the past three...
