§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the National Hi Tech Crime Unit will investigate cases of fraud associated with internet auction sites. [166356]
§ Caroline FlintThe National Hi Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) investigates serious and organised computer-enabled criminality at national and international levels within or which impacts upon the UK. Individual cases of fraud associated with internet auction sites do not fall within their remit, and such investigations remain the responsibility of local police forces.