Almost a dozen fraudsters in West Sussex reoffend within a year
Almost a dozen fraudsters in West Sussex went on to reoffend within the space of just one year, figures reveal.
Fraud prevention group Cifas warned that the crime can be "devastating” for victims.
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Hide AdFigures from the Ministry of Justice show that 57 adults were released from prison, cautioned or handed a non-custodial conviction for fraud at court between July 2019 and June 2020 in West Sussex.
Of them, 10 committed at least one further crime within 12 months.
A year previously, three out of 57 fraudsters reoffended.
Across England and Wales, around one in five fraud offenders reoffended within a year of their release or conviction in the year to June 2020 – compared to just 13.9% in the year to June 2010, when these figures began.
This rise was the second biggest of all types of crime, behind violent offences.
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