Nine people accused of co-ordinating the sophisticated scam were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in a series of early morning raids.City of London Police detectives swooped on homes in Forest Gate and Southall in London, Southend, Walsall, central Birmingham and Middlesbrough.

They seized dozens of mobile phones, hundreds of Sim cards, computers, documentation, stolen bank cards, several fake passports and cash.The raids followed a month-long investigation into a rapidly growing criminal conspiracy profiting from the theft and illegal use of almost 1,000 iPhones.Police were called in after mobile phone company 02 watched the scam spiral out of control, with £1.2 million stolen through premium phone lines in July alone.

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