Wolverhampton man convicted over £25,000 bank frauds

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A Wolverhampton man has been convicted after a series of alleged frauds at bank branches across the UK.

Joseph Mason aged 47, was charged with nine counts of fraud and appeared before Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Fri (14 Nov) where he pled guilty to all of the offences. He will be sentenced on 12^th December.

It comes after around £25,000 was fraudulently taken from nine bank branches, including in Birmingham, Stoke, Oxford and Liverpool, between 5 February and 9 April this year.

The Proactive Economic Crime Team (PECT) is a nationally networked and co-ordinated capability focused on disruption of large scale and high harm threats, and organised crime groups committing fraud.

If you think you've been the victim of fraud, there's advice on what to do and support available at Action Fraud.