Operation Citizen: £1.6m Suspected Fraudster Hunted

A specialist City of London Police fraud team are hunting this suspect after £1.6m was withdrawn from banks in Ipswich and Colchester.

The Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) have released this image and are appealing for the public's assistance in identifying the individual.

The mystery person is suspected of committing fraud by illegally obtaining access to a victim’s bank card and using the card to make large cash withdrawals.

They are thought to have made these cash withdrawals at Colchester and Ipswich bank branches between March, 2020 and July, 2021.

Anyone with information should contact Detective Constable Gary Kearley of the DCPCU on 020 7709 6600 or by emailing dcpcu@dcpcu.pnn.police.uk, quoting Operation Citizen.