Crime figures: 'Five million' fraud cases in past year

The first official estimates of the scale of fraud and cyber crime in England and Wales, have been published by the Office for National Statistics.

It suggest that more than five million fraud offences were committed over the past year.

There were also 2.5 million cyber crime offences, such as computer hacking, but the survey found overall levels of crime continued to fall.

June Kelly reports.

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