Mortgage broker in top 10 most wanted

Misba Uddin, 48, is wanted for fraud by false representation after he allegedly submitted fraudulent mortgage applications worth £5.7m while working as a financial adviser.

Once the mortgages were processed he is accused of transferring the funds into his own accounts. He is wanted by the Metropolitan police.

He is one of ten faces published this morning to help try to bring the suspected criminals to justice.

Crimestoppers, the national charity, said the ten suspected criminals were allegedly responsible for a total of at least £200m of fraud.

Lord Ashcroft, founder and Crimestoppers chairman, said: "This is not a victimless crime. Every single one of us is paying higher taxes, bank charges and insurance fees because of fraud.

"The amount of fraud against the public purse is around £27bn a year. This is equivalent to 30% of the estimated national education budget for 2011/2012.

"Serious fraudsters often operate as part of gangs and fraud is just one of their business streams. This can result in the funding of drugs and people trafficking, which causes real harm to many."

Crimestoppers is urging anyone with information about fraudsters, or the whereabouts of the 10 people featured on the list, to call anonymously on 0800 555 111 or to visit its website and fill in an online form.

"We guarantee that no one will know your identity," Ashcroft said. "Help us take these criminals out of circulation."

The list also included a live-in carer suspected of a £35,000 fraud after she allegedly stole cheques from a vulnerable elderly woman, a man who allegedly posed as an entertainer raising money for a young cancer patient and a man thought to be behind a holiday booking scam.