Appeal in £1.6 million fraud investigation

Police investigating a suspected fraud of over £1.6 million are asking members of the public to help locate a person in connection to the investigation.

The 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.

Officers have released CCTV images of a person they want to talk to in connection with the investigation.

Anyone with information should contact DC Gary Kearley from the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) on 020 7709 6600 or by emailing [email protected], quoting Operation Citizen.