#272413 by TerranceBoyce
Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:01 pm
http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/ringleader-of-100m-fraud-gang-on-run-in-capital-1-3926733?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but this problem won't be solved until criminals are blocked from accessing UK bank facilities. When companies start going bankrupt, the authorities will have to act.
24 October 2015
The ringleader of a crime gang behind a £100 million scam went on the run during a Metropolitan Police raid in the Capital.
The operation in Abbeyhill saw a private hire driver and a passenger arrested after police from London swooped on the vehicle.
It is believed that between 20 and 30 Capital-based residents have fallen foul of the “plausible” scheme, while a number of businesses have suffered losses of up to a £1m each. The majority of individuals are elderly or vulnerable.
Detective Inspector Arron Clinkscales, of Police Scotland’s organised crime unit, said it was difficult to put a combined total on losses to personal and business victims in Edinburgh, but said they were “substantial”.
When the scam first came to light last year, the gang was cold-calling victims and telling them to ring back on the number listed on the back of their bank cards, while criminals stayed on the line.
Detective Chief Inspector Kenny Thomson, of the Scottish Crime Campus, told the News: “You’re talking about elderly people, about companies potentially going out of business and people losing their jobs because of the greed of these fraudsters. They don’t care who the victims are.”
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but this problem won't be solved until criminals are blocked from accessing UK bank facilities. When companies start going bankrupt, the authorities will have to act.
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