R v S – Southwark Crown Court

Pursuant to investigations carried out by The City of London Police, defendants were charged with a national fraud against credit / debit card companies with a loss of circa £1 million. The Crown alleged that there had been an abuse of provisions afforded to individuals such as credit protection, chargebacks and refunds. Defendants were said to have made a number of fraudulent transactions through complex arrangements and defrauded banks and merchant companies providing chip and pin facilities. Due to the number of defendants, the case was split into several trials.