Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Serious Fraud Office: Criminal Case Files
Catalogue reference: SFO 1
What's it about?
SFO 1
Records relate to cases which the Serious Fraud Office have investigated and/or prosecuted. This series contains documentation relating to mutual legal assistance (MLA) cases which is the formal way countries request and provide help to each...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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SFO 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Serious Fraud Office: Criminal Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1976-2014
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records relate to cases which the Serious Fraud Office have investigated and/or prosecuted. This series contains documentation relating to mutual legal assistance (MLA) cases which is the formal way countries request and provide help to each other to obtain evidence located in one country for use in criminal investigations and prosecutions in another country. The SFO makes outgoing requests for assistance from other jurisdictions and processes incoming requests made by other countries. Proceeds of crime files are contained within this series which were dealt with prior to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 being enacted. At the material time, proceeds of crime matters were covered by the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Proceeds of crime cases include investigations made with a view to applying for confiscation orders to prevent criminals from benefitting from their offending. The files consist primarily of papers relating to individual cases. All cases have been selected for preservation by virtue of having met the SFO’s criteria for the investigation top-tier fraud.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are arranged in case closure date order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Serious Fraud Office, 1988-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2835 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 84 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2020 Serious Fraud Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Crime
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Records relate to cases which the Serious Fraud Office have investigated and/or prosecuted. This series contains documentation relating to mutual legal assistance (MLA) cases which is the formal way countries request and provide help to each other to obtain evidence located in one country for use in criminal investigations and prosecutions in another country. The SFO makes outgoing requests for assistance from other jurisdictions and processes incoming requests made by other countries. Proceeds of crime files are contained within this series which were dealt with prior to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 being enacted. At the material time, proceeds of crime matters were covered by the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Proceeds of crime cases include investigations made with a view to applying for confiscation orders to prevent criminals from benefitting from their offending. The files consist primarily of papers relating to individual cases.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16980318/
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