Prosecution numbers by category information - October 2020

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Reference Case Number: FOI7659 response

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

I am requesting, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, information on the number of prosecutions in England & Wales for the period January 2010 to September 2020 of (separately):

(a) companies; and

(b) individuals,

for the category of "white collar crime", defined as the following offences:

  • Money laundering;
  • Fraud by company director;
  • False accounting;
  • Conspiracy to defraud;
  • Other fraud;
  • Preserved other fraud and repealed fraud offences (pre-Fraud Act 2006); 
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990 S1(3) - Unauthorised access to computer material;
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990 S2 - Unauthorised access with intent to commit further offences, etc;
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990 S3 - Unauthorised acts with intent to impair, etc;
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990 S3A - Making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in offence under Sections 1 or 3;
  • Fraud by false representation: cheque, plastic card and online bank accounts;
  • Fraud by false representation: other frauds;
  • Fraud by failing to disclose information;
  • Fraud by abuse of position;
  • Bankruptcy Offence - indictable only;
  • Bankruptcy Offence - triable either way;
  • Companies Acts 1948 to 1989;
  • Companies Act 2006;
  • Computer Misuse Act 1990 S.1;
  • Consumer Credit Act 1974;
  • Acting with intent to defraud and to the prejudice of Her Majesty the Queen and the Public Revenue; and
  • Offences under the Bribery Act 2010.

These are categories of offences that are listed in the most recent criminal justice statistics publication, found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2019

FCA response:

Refer to the supporting document below.

Supporting document

FOI7659 response