Did you know… Dubbed as one of UK’s greatest fraudster, Tony Sales managed to con as much as £30 million out of banks and shops in a 6 year spree. Born into a life of crime, Sales started to engage in fraudulent activity from an early age and built his way up from petty shoplifting to elaborate cyber-crime schemes.

He was a jack of all trades when it came to fraud as he would engage in all types of fraud from identity theft, fake mortgages to credit card fraud. Perhaps one of his most extravagant and flashy con jobs came about when he managed to procure a £890,000 Sunbeam luxury yacht by posing as a high-profile wealthy investor. Through his extensive criminal activity, he managed to build a highly sophisticated operation which procured him the financial gains to fund a lavish lifestyle.

However, by the early 2000s he was on the run and managed to evade capture for six years before his inevitable arrest in 2010. After the completion of his 12-month prison sentence, Sales left his criminal lifestyle behind and became a leading spokesperson and adviser on fraud prevention. Today, he continues to hand out invaluable expertise on fraud prevention to numerous global organisations and national law enforcement agencies.