Rogues' gallery of 10 wanted alleged con-artists

A rogues' gallery of 10 wanted alleged con-artists has been released, ahead of new crime figures that are expected to reveal the huge scale of fraud in the UK.

Details of the alleged criminals include Alex McKenzie, 33, from London, who is accused of targeting victims using the gay social networking app Scruff, gaining their trust by claiming to work for MI6.

Credit: City of London Police

Preliminary figures released in October 2015 found that there had been 5.1 million incidents of fraud in England and Wales in the previous year, affecting an estimated one in 12 adults and making it the most common form of crime.

Here are the ten wanted:

​Alex Mckenzie

Sandeep Arora

​Levi John Coyle

Marius Lucian Anton

Felix Rooney

​Adam James Stagg

​Alexia Thomas

​Faisal Butt

Bayo Lawrence Anoworin

Naeem Ahmed