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the chances of it resulting in a conviction are extremely low. and so that is the frustration. it has been pointed out before that fraud is probably best estimated between a third and two fifths of all crime. if you are an adult, you are much more likely to be a victim of fraud than any other crime type. but despite that magnitude of offending, it attracts less than i% of police officers, fraud investigators. and i think we ve said quite clearly in the past that just seems far too low. earlier, i spoke to moneybox reporter dan whitworth, who told me how widespread the problem was. fraud is an epidemic in this country. matt parr was speaking to us on money box in the context ofjust a few days ago, there were figures released by uk finance, the trade industry business body for the banking and financial sector and it described how a certain type of fraud where victims are tricked
of all crime. if you are an adult, you are much more likely to be a victim of fraud than any other crime type. but despite that magnitude of offending, it attracts less than i% of police officers, fraud investigators. and i think we ve said quite clearly in the past that just seems far too low. joining me now is money box reporter dan whitworth. just how bad is it? really bad, is the short answer. fraud is an epidemic in this country. just a few days ago, there were figures released by the trade industry business body for the banking and financial sector and it described how a certain type of fraud where victims are tricked and manipulated into transferring money to criminals themselves, that was up by 46% in
fraud is probably best estimated between a third and two fifths of all crime. if you are an adult, you are much more likely to be a victim of fraud than any other crime type. but despite that magnitude of offending, it attracts less than i% of police officers, fraud investigators. and i think we ve said quite clearly in the past that just seems far too low. earlier, i spoke to moneybox reporter dan whitworth, who told me how widespread the problem is. fraud is an epidemic in this country. matt parr was speaking to us on money box in the context ofjust a few days ago, there were figures released by uk finance, the trade industry business body for the banking and financial sector and it described how a certain type of fraud where victims are tricked and manipulated into transferring money to criminals themselves, that was up by 46% in the course of just one year. to put it another way, that is £500 million that was stolen