National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) reports received during 2019/20 and 2020/21

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Dear Gwent Police,

Request 1

For each month in the financial years 2019/20 and 2020/21, please provide the number of reports of fraud passed to you from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) to investigate.

Request 2

Please provide the number of individuals charged with offences in connection with the reports identified in Request 1.

Yours faithfully,

D Moore

FreedomOfInformation,



Rwy'n cydnabod bod y swyddfa hon wedi derbyn eich ymholiad.
Fel y nodwyd yn y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth ein nod fydd ymateb i'ch cais
o fewn 20 diwrnod gwaith. Fodd bynnag, mewn rhai achosion efallai na allwn
wneud hyn o fewn y terfyn amser. Os bydd hyn yn digwydd, cewch wybod pryd
rydych yn debygol o gael ymateb.
Efallai y bydd angen trosglwyddo rhai ceisiadau i Awdurdod arall er mwyn
ateb yr ymholiad. Unwaith eto, byddwn yn cysylltu â chi os bydd angen
gwneud hyn.
Os bydd gennych unrhyw gwestiynau ynglyn â'ch cais cysylltwch â ni.
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Sylwer y gellir gwneud ceisiadau ar-lein yn awr, trwy gyfrwng
[1]https://www.gwent.police.uk/

 

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As set out by the Freedom of Information Act it will be our aim to respond
to your request within 20 working days. In some cases, however, we may be
unable to achieve this deadline. If this occurs we will advise you of the
likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

Some requests may also require transference to another Authority in order
to answer the query. Again you will be contacted if this is required.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact us.

 

Due to the unprecedented challenges Heddlu Gwent Police is facing during
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,  resources may be diverted away from
usual compliance or information rights work. This may mean that during
this extraordinary period, you may experience understandable delays when
making information rights requests during the pandemic. We will endeavour
to keep you informed during the course of your request.  Thank you for
your understanding.

 

 

Please note applications can now be made online, via
[2]https://www.gwent.police.uk/

 

 

 

Hawliau gwybodaeth a coronafeirws:

 

Oherwydd yr heriau digynsail mae Heddlu Gwent yn eu hwynebu yn ystod y
pandemig coronafeirws (COVID-19), mae’n bosibl y bydd adnoddau’n cael eu
dargyfeirio oddi wrth waith arferol yn y maes cydymffurfiaeth neu hawliau
gwybodaeth. Gall hyn olygu y byddwch yn profi oedi dealladwy yn ystod y
cyfnod eithriadol hwn pan fyddwch yn gwneud ceisiadau hawliau gwybodaeth.
Byddwn yn ymdrechu i roi’r newyddion diweddaraf i chi am eich cais. Diolch
am eich dealltwriaeth.

 

 

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D. Moore left an annotation ()

Informative DN:

'15. ...

Action Fraud Process

When a person becomes a victim of fraud the report should be made to the national reporting centre of Action Fraud either online or over the telephone. That report is allocated a national crime number referred to as an NFRC number. The report is then passed to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which is part of the City of London Police as the lead force for fraud. NFIB then assess and triage the report and will file it if there are no reasonable lines of enquiry identified from the information provided.

If there are identified lines of enquiry, NFIB will then disseminate that report to the relevant investigative agency. Typically this is based on the address of the offender (if one has been identified) as fraud offenders can and do offend against multiple victims across the country. However if no offender hasbeen identified then it will be allocated to the investigative agency with jurisdiction over the home address of the victim.

All NFIB disseminations made to WMP are further assessed and triage [sic] by the InvestigationManagement Team within the EconomicCrime Unit (ECU). The Unit is responsible for obtaining the WMP fraud non-crime number (cross referenced with the NFRC) to ensure that the dissemination has a local record. The WMP non-crime number is under the general heading of fraud and is not further classified by the type of fraud involved.NFIB disseminations are classified by the type of fraud relevant to the report. There are 55 types of fraud report.'

IC-49308-W6Z2

https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-tak...

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Dear D. Moore,

 

Please see attached the response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

 

Cofion gorau | Kind regards

 

Rhyddid Gwybodaeth   Freedom of Information
   
Uned Datgelu | Disclosure Unit
 
Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth | Information Services
Heddlu Gwent Police
 
Ffôn | Tel: (710) 4407 / 01633 642 540
E-bost | E-mail: [1][email address]
 
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Croesyceiliog | Cwmbrân | NP44 2XJ
 
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  Byddwn yn ymateb yn brydlon ac yn gydradd a byddwn yn ymateb yn
eich iaith o ddewis.

 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English.

We will respond in a timely and equal way to both and will reply
in your language of choice.

 

 

 

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Dear Gwent Police,

2021/24261

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Gwent Police's handling of my FOI request 'National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) reports received during 2019/20 and 2020/21'.

You wrote:

'Please refer your request to City of London Police who will be able to provide this data.

You can send an online submission using the below link'

The link you provided:

https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/rqo/r...
information-police/

The concern I have with your response is that when I contacted the City of London Police to obtain similar information relating to Wiltshire Police I was not provided with it. You can see see the response here:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...

I firmly believe that you do hold the information.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/n...

Yours faithfully,

D. Moore

FreedomOfInformation,



Rwy'n cydnabod bod y swyddfa hon wedi derbyn eich ymholiad.
Fel y nodwyd yn y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth ein nod fydd ymateb i'ch cais
o fewn 20 diwrnod gwaith. Fodd bynnag, mewn rhai achosion efallai na allwn
wneud hyn o fewn y terfyn amser. Os bydd hyn yn digwydd, cewch wybod pryd
rydych yn debygol o gael ymateb.
Efallai y bydd angen trosglwyddo rhai ceisiadau i Awdurdod arall er mwyn
ateb yr ymholiad. Unwaith eto, byddwn yn cysylltu â chi os bydd angen
gwneud hyn.
Os bydd gennych unrhyw gwestiynau ynglyn â'ch cais cysylltwch â ni.
///

 

Sylwer y gellir gwneud ceisiadau ar-lein yn awr, trwy gyfrwng
[1]https://www.gwent.police.uk/

 

I acknowledge receipt of your query received by this office.

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act it will be our aim to respond
to your request within 20 working days. In some cases, however, we may be
unable to achieve this deadline. If this occurs we will advise you of the
likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

Some requests may also require transference to another Authority in order
to answer the query. Again you will be contacted if this is required.

If you have any questions regarding your request please contact us.

 

Due to the unprecedented challenges Heddlu Gwent Police is facing during
the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,  resources may be diverted away from
usual compliance or information rights work. This may mean that during
this extraordinary period, you may experience understandable delays when
making information rights requests during the pandemic. We will endeavour
to keep you informed during the course of your request.  Thank you for
your understanding.

 

 

Please note applications can now be made online, via
[2]https://www.gwent.police.uk/

 

 

 

Hawliau gwybodaeth a coronafeirws:

 

Oherwydd yr heriau digynsail mae Heddlu Gwent yn eu hwynebu yn ystod y
pandemig coronafeirws (COVID-19), mae’n bosibl y bydd adnoddau’n cael eu
dargyfeirio oddi wrth waith arferol yn y maes cydymffurfiaeth neu hawliau
gwybodaeth. Gall hyn olygu y byddwch yn profi oedi dealladwy yn ystod y
cyfnod eithriadol hwn pan fyddwch yn gwneud ceisiadau hawliau gwybodaeth.
Byddwn yn ymdrechu i roi’r newyddion diweddaraf i chi am eich cais. Diolch
am eich dealltwriaeth.

 

 

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Dear D Moore,

 

Please see the attached the response to your recent request for an
Internal Review for Freedom of Information request.

 

Cofion gorau | Kind regards

 

Rhyddid Gwybodaeth   Freedom of Information
   
[1]cid:image015.png@01D5DDC9.401A0630 Uned Datgelu | Disclosure Unit
 
Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth | Information Services
Heddlu Gwent Police
 
Ffôn | Tel: (710) 4407 / 01633 642 540
E-bost | E-mail: [2][email address]
 
Pencadlys yr Heddlu | Police Headquarters | Croesyceiliog | Cwmbrân | NP44 2XJ
 
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  Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg.

  Byddwn yn ymateb yn brydlon ac yn gydradd a byddwn yn ymateb yn eich iaith o ddewis.

 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English.

We will respond in a timely and equal way to both and will reply in your language of choice.

 

 

 

 

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ICO contacted.

D. Moore left an annotation ()

"Your complaint has been accepted as eligible for further consideration and will be allocated to a case officer as soon as possible...

Cases are currently being allocated in around six months from the date of receipt."

D. Moore left an annotation ()

From ICO:

"I have written to Gwent Police today to request further information to assist with my investigation."

D. Moore left an annotation ()

IC- 125151-D8K4

"2. The Commissioner’s decision is that Gwent Police holds the requested information for its own purposes, as defined under section 3(2)(b) FOIA, and has failed to comply with its obligations under section 1(1) FOIA.

3. The Commissioner requires Gwent Police to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.

• Issue a fresh response to the complainant either providing the information or issuing a valid refusal notice."

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Dear Sir / Madam

 

Please see a new response attached to your recent Freedom of Information
request following your enquiry with the ICO.

 

Cofion gorau | Kind regards

 

Jodi

 

Rhyddid Gwybodaeth   Freedom of Information
   
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Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth | Information Services
Heddlu Gwent Police
 
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E-bost | E-mail: [1][email address]
 
Pencadlys yr Heddlu

Police Headquarters

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  Byddwn yn ymateb yn brydlon ac yn gydradd a byddwn yn ymateb yn
eich iaith o ddewis.

 

We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English.

We will respond in a timely and equal way to both and will reply
in your language of choice.

 

 

 

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'Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2022'

https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/natureof...

'Fraud offences reported to the police are recorded and collected by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) from Action Fraud and two industry bodies, Cifas and UK Finance (See Section 9, Measuring the data). NFIB fraud increased by 17% (to 936,276 offences) in the year ending March 2022 compared with the year ending March 2021; this is also 25% higher compared with the year ending March 2020. Although total fraud offences referred to the NFIB increased, those referred by Action Fraud decreased.'