More than 550 arrests were made as part of Operation Henhouse, the fifth year of a UK-wide campaign against fraud.

Coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre at the National Crime Agency (NCA) and City of London Police, this year’s activity ran throughout February an resulted in 557 arrests, £9 million in account freezing orders, £18.1 million in cash and assets seized.

The operation also saw 249 cease and desist notices and 172 voluntary interviews.

Since the operation started five years ago, 1,904 people have been arrested and more than £67 million has been seized or disrupted.

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