A cyber criminal’s 13-year sentence for multi-million pound fraud has been extended after he failed to hand over proceeds from his crime.

Feezan Hameed, 31, was jailed in 2016 for nationwide fraud offences totalling £15 million.

Hameed was known to have links to Bradford, Keighley, Edinburgh and London, police appeals stated at the time.

Hameed, from Glasgow, had been ordered to pay back £2million in proceeds from crime – including assets identified by financial investigators from the West Yorkshire Police Economic Crime Unit and those hidden overseas.

A judge sitting at City of London Magistrates Court heard the latest phase of the confiscation on August 26 and took the decision to extend Hameed’s sentence.

He was convicted as part of a complex investigation by the Metropolitan Police and West Yorkshire Police into a nationwide fraud ring, which masterminded to defraud companies and businesses between 2013 and 2016 of many millions of pounds.

A number of other parties were prosecuted and jailed for their roles in the conspiracy.

Financial Investigation Manager David Charity of the West Yorkshire Economic Crime Unit, said: “We welcome the decision of the judge in these proceedings to impose a further seven year prison sentence against Hameed.

“He has failed to pay over his overseas hidden assets and will now face the consequences.

“Fraud is not a victimless crime and Hameed’s actions have had a huge detrimental impact on the livelihood of so many people.

“The force remains determined to do everything it can to ensure those who commit crime do not benefit from crime.

“Hameed will remain liable for the £1.7 million on his release from prison if it remains unpaid.”

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