UK SFO returns over £400,000 to 9 victims of a 2001–02 global email advance-fee  fraud, using a groundbreaking civil recovery approach that repays stolen funds directly rather than to the Treasury

by | Jan 8, 2026

UK SFO has announced that it has successfully recovered and will return more than £400,000 to nine individuals defrauded by an international email scam nearly 24 years after the offence, despite no conviction having been secured. It used civil recovery and worked with...