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<p>Due to the nature of fraud, it can be committed in a variety of ways against organisations
and individuals. As such, we do not hold a record of all regulators that may be involved
with the criminal prosecution of fraud. The Government set out its plans for tackling
fraud in the joint public and private sector Economic Crime Plan (2019-22), which
was published in July 2019. Further information, including a list of organisations
involved in the development of it, can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022%2Feconomic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022-accessible-version%23annex-b&data=04%7C01%7CJaspreet.Rihal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb37f6b966ee14f60834f08d910924515%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637559042698054590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=VRpPpaqhHkiYu5LiPvSq8x2XY65a56RIj0KqxnzRM6E%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Economic Crime Plan, 2019 to 2022, accessible version - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>
</p><p>The number of convictions involving pension scams is not centrally held in
the court proceedings database as this specific offence is not separately identified
in legislation. Identifying this offence separately would require a manual search
of court records, incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of
Justice has published information on prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud
offences, that will include pensions scams, amongst other offences.</p><p> </p><p>The
numbers of prosecutions, convictions and outcomes for fraud offences have been provided
in the attached table. These figures were taken from the following published data
tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Court Proceedings database does not include the responsible regulatory
body bringing the prosecution.</p>
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