HMRC are appealing to the public to help track down tax fugitives with the help of the poshest batch of FBI mugshots ever. They urge anyone spotting the millionaire criminals to call Crimestoppers asap.

Name: Yehuda Cohen

Age: 35

Nationality: Israel

Court where warrant was issued: Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)

Country believed to be in: Israel

Estimated cost to taxpayer: £800,000

Biography: For a number of years Yehuda Cohen ran two companies with the intention to defraud HMRC by committing VAT fraud worth approximately £800,000. In March 2011 Cohen was arrested at London Heathrow and later bailed but failed to return to court and is still on the run.

Name: Timur Mehmet

Age: 39

Nationality: UK

Region: London

Court where warrant was issued: Northampton Crown Court

Country believed to be in: Cyprus

Estimated cost to taxpayer: £25 million

Biography: Timur Mehmet is wanted for his role in a large-scale VAT fraud worth about £25 million. Mehmet absconded pre-trial in January 2008, but was found guilty in absence and sentenced to eight years.

Name: Emma Elizabeth Tazey

Age: 38

Nationality: UK

Court where warrant was issued: Maidstone Crown Court

Country believed to be in: USA

Estimated cost to taxpayer: £15 million

Biography: Tazey is wanted in connection with Gordon Arthur, another on the Most Wanted list. In March 1999 UK Customs detected 7 million illegally imported cigarettes with a duty and VAT value £1.16 million. A further 21 seizures of alcohol and tobacco were identified which can be attributed to Arthur, with a duty value exceeding £5.5 million and a revenue loss nearer £15 million. In February 2000 Tazey broke her bail conditions and absconded; a warrant for her arrest was issued.

Name: Sahil Jain

Age: 30

Nationality: India

Court where warrant was issued: Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)

Country believed to be in: UK

Estimated cost to taxpayer: £328,000

Biography: Jain was arrested in connection with VAT fraud of about £328,000. He failed to appear at the Central Criminal Court and a warrant was issued for his arrest on 8 June 2012.

Name: Malcolm McGregor McGowan

Age: 60

Nationality: UK

Court where warrant was issued: Sheffield Crown Court

Country believed to be in: Spain

Estimated cost to taxpayer: £16 million

Biography: Between November 1999 and March 2000, Malcolm McGowan was involved in illegally importing more than 56,000 cigarettes, which in today’s market has a street value of more than £16 million. Malcolm and others went on trail in September 2001 where he pleaded not guilty, but before the trial ended McGowan fled abroad. In December 2011 McGowan was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to four years imprisonment. He was last believed to have been seen in Spain.