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Five arrested over suspected fraud crimes

Published on 18 Sep 2009 under category: legal

Five people suspected of being involved in fraud crimes have been arrested in Glasgow.

Early morning raids were carried out in relation to the suspected theft of tax credits worth millions of pounds.

John Fitzcharles, HM Royal Customs assistant director of investigation in Scotland, commented that this formed part of an "ongoing investigation into large-scale" fraud crimes.

He added: "These individuals have been detained on suspicion of attacking the tax credits system; a system which exists to help the most vulnerable in society."

It is thought that those at the centre of the fraud belong to an organised crime group.

Homes in Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Derby were also searched as part of the investigation.

Earlier this week, a former nurse was jailed for three-and-a-half years for obtaining a money transfer by deception.

A court heard that Abdool Hamuth stole £72,000 from an elderly care home patient who was suffering with Alzheimer's disease.

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