News and fraud alerts

As a Fraud and Investigation service the SWLFP receive alerts of ongoing fraud trends. Whilst the SWLFP does not always investigate the types of fraud shown below, we have a duty to help prevent fraud from occurring.

View the following resources:

• Wandsworth Council cracks down on unauthorised social housing subletting - February 2026

• Kingston Council and South West London Fraud Partnership crack down on fraudulent subletting – April 2025

• Wandsworth tenant ordered to pay £23,000 after years of unlawful subletting - December 2024

• Parking scam text messages - September 2024

• Tenancy fraud - July 2024

• Financial Investigation Toolkit helps root out tenancy fraud