MP's are not particularly interested in providing funding to combat fraud? Its a mystery?

Seems to me that, to quote someone else, 'Guy Fawkes was the last man to enter parliament with honourable intentions'

It's curious that despite various moves to control the internet and monitor its users so little is being done to stop relatively widespread e-crime. Why should measures to combat paedophilia, pornography, terrorism and copyright theft be getting such high-profile attention and funding while fraud gets so little?

Is Cromwell's ghost along with a bunch of puritans perhaps still whispering around in the corridors of power?

That could be interesting, are they wasting the money themselves?

1 Chandelier

1 Moat (keep hackers out)

10 boxes of nappies (well everyone is doing it)

All back Issues of Whizzer and Chips (steganographic hacker literature)

1 Large Screen LCD

1 Service Call to tune said Large Screen LCD (well they cannot be expected to know all the technical ins and outs).

1 ride-on mower (sneaker mail on steroids)

5 copies of Windows Vista (coasters)

Mock Tudor Beams on all cubicles

Fraud is an interesting mechanism for redistributing wealth. It also has evolutionary side-effects. As usual, the question to ask is - cui bono?

Maybe the e-unit should have writ something along lines of...

"For each 1 GBP invested in us we will return to the state 3 GBP in terms of fines and avoid the 3k GBP costs associated with imprisoning culprits.

We will ensure maximal returns on investments to the Treasury."

Additionally?

"For each xk GBP invested we will provide online protection for all ministers with online analysis of expenses submitted"

Don't forget the estimated 2 billion the government is planning on spending on storing all your email and online activity.