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  • Editor

    Editor

    London · 15 years reporting

    Publication decisions, corrections and legal review sign-off

    • Editorial standards
    • Corrections
    • Legal review

    Takes accounts in: English

    Full profile and published work
  • Helen Marsden, Editor

    Helen Marsden

    Editor

    London · 15 years reporting

    Editorial standards, publication decisions and corrections

    • Retail financial services
    • Consumer credit
    • Defamation and privacy compliance
    • Corrections policy

    Takes accounts in: English

    Full profile and published work
  • Nadia Haddad, Deputy editor, standards

    Nadia Haddad

    Deputy editor, standards

    London · 17 years reporting

    Right of reply, corrections and pre-publication legal review

    • Editorial standards
    • Right of reply
    • Defamation and privacy compliance
    • Corrections and complaints

    Takes accounts in: English, Arabic, French

    Full profile and published work
  • Aisha Bello, Reporter, scams and consumer contact

    Aisha Bello

    Reporter, scams and consumer contact

    Birmingham · 6 years reporting

    Text and social-media scams, impersonation of banks and delivery firms, and what readers report to us

    • Smishing and phishing
    • Impersonation of banks and delivery firms
    • Social-media advertising fraud
    • Reader tip verification

    Takes accounts in: English, Hausa

    Full profile and published work
  • Connor McHugh, Reporter, Northern Ireland and cross-border fraud

    Connor McHugh

    Reporter, Northern Ireland and cross-border fraud

    Belfast · 7 years reporting

    Northern Ireland, cross-border fraud and court reporting

    • Cross-border fraud
    • Court reporting
    • Clone firms
    • Policing responses

    Takes accounts in: English, Irish

    Full profile and published work
  • Daniel Okoye, Senior reporter, fraud and payments

    Daniel Okoye

    Senior reporter, fraud and payments

    London · 11 years reporting

    Authorised push payment fraud, payment systems and reimbursement

    • APP fraud
    • Payment systems
    • Reimbursement rules
    • Bank complaint handling

    Takes accounts in: English, Yoruba

    Full profile and published work
  • Eleanor Fitzgerald, Senior reporter, fraud against older people

    Eleanor Fitzgerald

    Senior reporter, fraud against older people

    Norwich · 28 years reporting

    Doorstep and telephone fraud, pensions and older-victim reporting

    • Doorstep crime
    • Telephone impersonation
    • Pension scams
    • Trading standards prosecutions

    Takes accounts in: English

    Full profile and published work
  • Ffion Davies, Reporter, Wales and the regions

    Ffion Davies

    Reporter, Wales and the regions

    Cardiff · 5 years reporting

    Regional fraud reporting, local policing responses and Action Fraud data outside London

    • Regional fraud patterns
    • Police and trading standards responses
    • Action Fraud reporting data
    • Doorstep and courier fraud

    Takes accounts in: English, Welsh

    Full profile and published work
  • Leila Farouk, Reporter, investment and crypto fraud

    Leila Farouk

    Reporter, investment and crypto fraud

    London · 9 years reporting

    Unauthorised investment promotions, crypto schemes and boiler-room operations

    • Investment fraud
    • Cryptoasset promotions
    • Boiler rooms
    • Financial promotions rules

    Takes accounts in: English, Arabic, French

    Full profile and published work
  • Marcus Whitfield, Reporter, banking and savings

    Marcus Whitfield

    Reporter, banking and savings

    Bristol · 21 years reporting

    Retail banking, savings products, bank fraud handling and ombudsman decisions

    • Retail banking
    • Savings and ISAs
    • Ombudsman decisions
    • Bank complaint handling

    Takes accounts in: English

    Full profile and published work
  • Mei-Lin Chan, Reporter, online marketplaces and purchase fraud

    Mei-Lin Chan

    Reporter, online marketplaces and purchase fraud

    Sheffield · 11 years reporting

    Marketplace listings, purchase scams, ticketing and rental deposits

    • Purchase scams
    • Online marketplaces
    • Ticket fraud
    • Platform policy

    Takes accounts in: English, Cantonese, Mandarin

    Full profile and published work
  • Priya Raghavan, Reporter, investment and firms

    Priya Raghavan

    Reporter, investment and firms

    Manchester · 8 years reporting

    The FCA Warning List, clone firms and unauthorised promotions

    • FCA Warning List
    • Clone firms
    • Unauthorised investment promotions
    • Company records

    Takes accounts in: English, Tamil, Hindi

    Full profile and published work
  • Stuart Menzies, Senior reporter, cyber and technology

    Stuart Menzies

    Senior reporter, cyber and technology

    Edinburgh · 14 years reporting

    Cyber-enabled fraud, data breaches and NCSC advisories

    • Cyber-enabled fraud
    • Data breaches
    • NCSC and government advisories
    • Phishing infrastructure

    Takes accounts in: English, Scottish Gaelic

    Full profile and published work
  • Tom Wardle, Data reporter

    Tom Wardle

    Data reporter

    Leeds · 9 years reporting

    Warning List trends, company records and the numbers behind fraud reporting

    • Warning List analysis
    • Companies House records
    • Statistical checks
    • Data visualisation

    Takes accounts in: English

    Full profile and published work
  • Yusuf Rahman, Reporter, remittances and community-targeted fraud

    Yusuf Rahman

    Reporter, remittances and community-targeted fraud

    Luton · 6 years reporting

    Money remittance, agent networks and community-targeted approaches

    • Money remittance
    • Payment agent networks
    • Community-targeted fraud
    • Money laundering supervision

    Takes accounts in: English, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi

    Full profile and published work