Action Fraud.......What do they know?

After being scammed by an Ebay fraudster I reported the matter to Action Fraud. A few days later I was contacted by a policeman who was in another county far away from where I live. He told me that the matter was passed to their force, I was then asked if I would make a statement to the local police in my vicinity, I have made my statement. I had already reported the matter to Barclays bank who told me that account was opened as a genuine account........... and as I had willingly handed the money (wire transfer) over to the shysters there was NOTHING Barclays could do for me. Barclays did NOT advise me to complain to the FOS, I did this on my own accord, the FOS upheld Barclays' version of the story (they lied) and that as the saying goes was the end of that.
Would my suspicions be correct that Action Fraud has some sort of information or lead on the scammer even though the name I was given for the transfer was different to the name of the account holder.

Action Fraud takes the report and investigates. They will contact you if more information is needed.

In most cases these investigations can take years.

It may do, but is my suspicion correct that Action Fraud has a lead on this?

We are not Action Fraud.

I know this is not Action Fraud's site, I just thought by asking questions someone on this forum may have answers or an inkling on how Action Fraud works.........

In my own personal opinion Miss Marbles I don't think UK authorities have a very good grasp of what's going on and they're losing control. Obviously your concern is your individual loss but I have a an overall view of the situation and, because I spent my whole life in banking before I retired, I have an overall view as I scan newspapers every day for reports on UK frauds.

Opening a bank account for use in fraud in the UK is far too easy and, with the widespread use of forged and fraudulent ID, no one seems to care. Some of the sums of money being passed through these accounts suggest to me that UK money laundering legislation is either hopelessly inadequate or being overlooked generally. Only the other day a court case stated that funds through one or more such accounts was transferred out to terrorists, and I will post the news report up shortly. I am at a loss to work out how this was possible considering the amount involved.

What amazes me most is that these accounts pose a risk not only to the general public but to other customers and even the banks themselves. They could take down companies and even pose a threat to allied nations who would be less than amused to find UK bank accounts being used to support terrorist activity.

That is shocking.

I believe the question was about Action Fraud and not banking.

That's easier

Action Fraud is the UK's national fraud reporting service, run by a private sector company called bss for the NFA. Currently, as of July 2015, the company operating the Action Fraud Call Centre is reported as going into administration.

[Source Wikipedia]

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/july/action-fraud-turmoil-leaves-litigation-the-only-option-for-fraud-victims-says-expert/

Action Fraud 'turmoil' leaves litigation the only option for fraud victims, says expert

Though when the bank account belongs to a person who doesn't exist in reality even that option isn't available.