Faisal
Butt, Bayo Anoworin and Naeem Ahmed. Anoworin, 41, from Lagos, Nigeria,
is wanted by Lincolnshire Police over an alleged scam
A Nigerian man, Bayo Lawrence Anoworin, 41, from Lagos, has been
fingered to be among a notorious gang that stole more than £12million
from NHS Trusts in the UK and Guernsey between January 2011 and July
2012 by Lincolnshire Police in the United Kingdom.
According to Dailymail,
information gathered released by the National Crime Agency showed the
gallery of ten alleged con-artists wanted in relation to fraud cases
across Britain.
Criminals: Levi Coyle, Marius Anton and Felix Rooney
The album was compiled ahead of fresh figures that are expected to
reveal the huge scale of fraud in the UK - leaving people out of pocket
by nearly £200billion-a-year.
Details of the alleged criminals, published today by the NCA and
the City of London Police, will be shared widely in the hope of snaring
those wanted in connection with dozens of crimes nationwide.
They include Alex McKenzie, 33, from London, who is accused of
targeting victims using the gay social networking app Scruff, gaining
their trust by claiming to work for MI6.
On the run: Adam Stagg (left) and Alexia Thomas (right)
It is claimed he conned two former lovers and one of their parents
by taking out credit cards, bank accounts and loans worth a total of
£300,000 in their names.
Another is Bollywood film producer Sandeep Arora, 42, from Beckton,
east London, who allegedly claimed £4.5 million in VAT and Film Tax
rebates for movies that either did not exist or with which he had no
involvement.
This comes ahead of annual crime figures due for release by the
Office for National Statistics on Thursday, that will include a full
year of fraud and cybercrime for the first time.
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.
Wanted:
Alex McKenzie (left) is accused of targeting victims using the gay
social networking app Scruff. Sandeep Arora (right) allegedly claimed
£4.5 million in VAT and Film Tax rebates for movies
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 £190
billion. 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.
'Law enforcement cannot tackle this problem alone. It is only
by working together, individuals, law enforcement, Government and the
private sector that we can protect the UK against fraud.
'It is important that anyone able to provide information on the
ten fraudsters we are highlighting today takes the opportunity to pass
that information to law enforcement to help bring them to justice.'
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