A man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after admitting stealing £2 million worth of cryptocurrency from victims around the world. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Wybo Wiersma, of Het Weike, Goredijk, the Netherlands, was sentenced today (27/1) at Oxford Crown Court. Yesterday the 40-year-old pleaded...
A man has been convicted of stealing more than £2 million of cryptocurrency in a theft which resulted in people losing their businesses and their inheritances. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) Wybo Wiersma, of Het Weike, Goredijk, the Netherlands, pleaded guilty to theft today (26/1) on the...
Specialist police teams dedicated to tackling organised crime across the country made more than 3,000 arrests and seized class A drugs worth over £100 million last year, as they continued to target the UK’s most serious criminals. Throughout 2022, the nine Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs) in England and Wales pursued those behind organised...
Two men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a large quantity of cannabis. Specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit arrested a 41-year-old and a 37-year-old at addresses in Slough and Westminster on Thursday (12/1). The 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to import a controlled...
A hospital employee has been sentenced to three years and two months’ imprisonment after being convicted of a child sexual offence. Following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Robin Hains, of St Mary’s Close, Lavant, Chichester, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court today (13/1). He pleaded guilty...
Two men and a woman who were involved in the wholesale supply of Class A and Class B drugs throughout the UK have today (6/1) been sentenced to a total of more than 15 years’ imprisonment. Malcolm Floyd, of The Nutshell, Hamhaugh Island, Shepperton, Surrey, pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply a controlled drug...
Two men have been charged in connection with an ongoing investigation into firearms supply offences in Berkshire. Mark Dyson, aged 52, of Seymour Court, Crowthorne, and Deyonte Bryan, aged 28, of Severn Way, Reading, were charged yesterday (19/12) with conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons, contrary to section 5(2)A of the Firearms Act 1968....
Specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have made four arrests as part of the international fraud investigation, Operation Elaborate. SEROCU officers recently conducted two separate early morning warrants in Sussex and Surrey. A 49-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man both from Worthing, were arrested on suspicion of fraud...
An NHS hospital employee has been convicted of a child sexual offence after travelling to Southampton intending to have sexual activity with a child. Following an investigation by officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Robin Hains, of St Mary’s Close, Lavant, Chichester, pleaded guilty at a hearing at Southampton Crown Court on Monday (14/11), to arranging to commit a sexual act upon a...
Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have charged a man in connection with an immigration offence. Robbie Hounsham, aged 54, of Ashley Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, was charged via postal requisition yesterday (9/11) with conspiracy to facilitate the unlawful entry and/or attempted entry into the UK of non-EU citizens...