Mark Acklom: who is UK’s most wanted conman and what did he do?

Fugitive in custody in Switzerland following police swoop

Mark Acklom
Mark Acklom posed as a Swiss banker and MI6 officer
(Image credit: Avon and Somerset Pollice)

The UK’s most wanted fraud suspect Mark Acklom has been arrested in a raid on his hideout in Switzerland, after more than two years on the run.

The 45-year-old was tracked down to a luxury apartment in Zurich, where he had been living under a false name with his wife and two children, Avon and Somerset Police said.

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