Know Fraud search confirms identity hi-jack

NFIB expertise combined with CIFAS data led to the arrest of a woman who hi-jacked the identity of her brother-in-law's wife and then used a counterfeit foreign passport  to get a job in a primary school.

The Metropolitan Police's Operation Amberhill team have been working with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), who is responsible for processing and issuing vetting certificates for people wanting to work with vulnerable people.

Through this partnership the CRB uncovered how a counterfeit French Passport had been used in an application to a teaching agency, which had processed the vetting certificate and placed the individual in the school.

Following a request from the investigation team a search on the NFIB Know Fraud system pin-pointed a CIFAS case with a key address linked to the individual, enabling the true identity of the suspect to be confirmed and an arrest to be made.

T.Det Superintendent Dave Clark said:

"This is another case of how the NFIB can be utilised by police forces  and agencies to quickly detect fraudsters and cross analyse fraud information.  

"The 'Know Fraud' system can use the smallest piece of information to help close a case or provide fresh leads  that take an investigation in a new direction.

"In 2012 we will continue working in close partnership with UK law enforcement and the counter fraud community to ensure all agencies are capitalising on what is one of the most advanced  police intelligence system in the world."