Mukund Krishna, 46, chief executive of the Police Federation of England and Wales, has been arrested along with two other board members on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position following a year-long investigation by the City of London Police Domestic Corruption Unit.
The arrests were carried out at Federation House headquarters in Leatherhead, Surrey, and at residential premises in Wales, Somerset, and London. Alongside Krishna, a 51-year-old man from Wales and a 55-year-old man from Bristol were also detained. Detectives said the investigation is complex and active, and they are pursuing all lines of inquiry.
Krishna, who represents 145,000 rank-and-file officers, reportedly earned £701,000 in 2025, making him the highest-paid trade association or union leader in the UK, more than twice the salary of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and over four times that of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Detectives are probing current and former PFEW officials in senior governance and operational roles. Krishna has faced prior criticism over free speech disputes, including a High Court ruling in January that found he wrongly suspended two elected officials over comments regarding race.
The Police Federation and Met Police Federation have both stated that the organization is cooperating fully with authorities and that ongoing legal proceedings prevent further comment. The City of London Police is urging anyone with information relevant to the investigation to come forward through its Public Portal.
