The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised in 2013-14 by the Crown Prosecution Service in each business area and the Central Casework Division, where the Principal Offence was categorised as \u2018Fraud and Forgery\u2019.<\/p>
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The category of \u2018Fraud and Forgery, comprises a number of offences including offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | 2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cymru Wales<\/p><\/td> 426<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Eastern<\/p><\/td> 683<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 570<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> 3,196<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside & Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 528<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> 577<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> 931<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> 762<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/p><\/td> 558<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames and Chiltern<\/p><\/td> 802<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wessex<\/p><\/td> 449<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 824<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire & Humberside<\/p><\/td> 933<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Central Casework Division<\/p><\/td> 6,803<\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/strong> & Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 18,042<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Data Source: CPS Management Information System<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Central Casework Division includes \u2018Fraud and Forgery\u2019 prosecutions previously undertaken by the prosecution function of the Department for Work and Pensions.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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