Police are hunting a man who targeted business banking customers as part of a £60 million fraud racket.
Eleven arrests were made in London and Scotland earlier this week by officers from Falcon, the Met's cyber crime and fraud team, but one warrant remains outstanding.
Feezan Hameed Choudhary, 24, from the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, is wanted over the alleged scam which targeted people by using technology to make the phone number they were calling from seem like a legitimate bank and duping customers into revealing account information.
Choudhary is about 6ft 2ins with black hair and brown eyes. He is known to have links to Edinburgh and London.
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
Speaking earlier this week, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Gould, head of Falcon's taskforce, said: "These fraudsters gain the trust of their victims by appearing to call from an official bank phone line.
"They sound professional and ask some subtle questions in order to gain the information they need to access the customer's bank account online.
"This is the largest covert proactive operation we have ever undertaken against cyber-enabled crime.
"It demonstrates our commitment and ability to dismantle organised criminal networks in order to keep businesses safe from this type of crime."
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