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Police investigating a complex online fraud which scammed more than a million pounds from taxpayers have arrested a man in London. The 32-year-old's home in Poplar, east London was raided in the early hours of Thursday. He was taken to Bethnal Green police station on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. The arrest follows …

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  1. dunncha
    Big Brother

    This is a complex operation......................

    Translates to.........

    We don't know what he done or how he done it and certainly don't know if anybody else can do so safer to say nothing.

    icon: Big Brother: Because he was too busy watching our IT Systems and not paying attention to what was going on with his own IT Systems.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Flame

    Police intelligence

    "This is a complex operation by the Met"

    Aren't they all Tel, aren't they all?

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    PceU

    "The Met's recently-formed Police Central e-Crime Unit (PceU) "

    So who are these guys? How about doing something on how they fit into things and what powers and resources they have.

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  4. Chris Williams (Written by Reg staff)

    Re: PceU

    Try here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/01/pceu_cybercops_approved/

    Or indeed, here: http://search.theregister.co.uk/?q=pceu

    - Chris

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    I read the first line ...

    "Police investigating a complex online fraud which scammed more than a million pounds from taxpayers have arrested a man in London."

    ... and thought they'd arrested Gordo

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