UK fraud police release wanted list (original) (raw)

The compilation of the list is the result of a new task-force, launched by the government in February in response to the growing problem of fraud and cyber-crime.

The taskforce brings together law enforcement agencies, the financial sector and the government.

Donald Toon, director of the NCA's economic crime command, said: "The annual losses to the UK from fraud are estimated to be more than £190bn.

"Behind this headline figure lie the actions of criminals like the wanted fraudsters highlighted in this appeal, who have caused distress and loss to people and businesses up and down the country."

The Crime Survey of England and Wales, which is published on Thursday, is expected to show that fraud is the most prevalent crime in the UK.

Preliminary figures released in October 2015 found that there had been 5.1 million incidents of fraud in England and Wales in the previous year, affecting an estimated one in 12 adults and making it the most common form of crime.

Last month a report estimated the annual cost of fraud in the UK to be £193bn.

Update 11 January 2017: The National Crime Agency says it is no longer pursuing Alexia Thomas over the matters outlined in its list.