Three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with an investigation led by Trading Standards, supported by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) and Thames Valley Police. The four individuals, all from Reading, were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Fraud Act and Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations....
Around £1.9 million worth of stolen cryptocurrency is to be paid back to victims of theft as a result of work by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). On 27 January this year, 40-year-old Wybo Wiersma, of Het Weike, Goredijk, the Netherlands, was jailed for four and a half years for theft....
At a scale and pace not seen before, police across England and Wales have coordinated a thousand search warrants against Organised Crime Groups (OCGs), arresting hundreds and seizing firearms, huge amounts of cash and cannabis plants worth approximately £115-£130 million. Throughout June, police located and searched large-scale cannabis grows in the most significant national...
On Monday 17 April, The National Smallbore Rifle Association was subject of a data breach cyber-attack. The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) is leading the investigation with support from the National Crime Agency (NCA). The National Smallbore Rifle Association have informed customers of the breach. In the event of any data breach,...
Three men have been sentenced to prison for their part in an organised crime group producing and supplying counterfeit drugs worth more than £20 million. Following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), Marc Ward, aged 36, of Queens Road, Fratton, Portsmouth, Charlton Pascal, aged 30, of Arrow Close, Luton,...
A series of warrants have been executed throughout February at locations across the UK as officers took part in work to combat fraud and money laundering in the South East of England. Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), have carried out six warrants and two additional arrest attempts in coordination...
A man has been sentenced to three years and three months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to arranging the commission of a child sex offence when he appeared at Guildford Crown Court today (3 March 2023), following an investigation by Surrey Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit. On...
A man has been jailed for child sex offences following a joint investigation by police in Hampshire and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU). In August 2022, 57-year-old Robert Pell struck up a conversation with a person online who he believed to be a 14-year-old boy, and agreed to meet up with...
A woman has been sentenced after smuggling a phone into a prison while she was working there as an officer. Larissa Westcott, of Vicus Way, Maidenhead, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court yesterday (26/1). She was given an eight month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and must complete 30 rehabilitation sessions, with 17...
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...