Tom Calver's company was one supplier hit by the cheese heist.Matt AustinAlmost 50,000 pounds of artisanal cheese were stolen in a sophisticated heist in the UK.A fraudster posed as a French distributor and took delivery of the large order.The small companies involved now face losses and uncertainty despite police making an arrest.One of the most sophisticated cheese heists in history has left British cheesemakers reeling and facing an uncertain future.On October 21, fraudsters posing as a French wholesaler stole 22 metric tons (about 48,500 pounds) of British cheddar cheese from Neal's Yard Dairy, a specialist cheese wholesaler and retailer based in London, outlets including BBC News reported.Neal's Yard unwittingly delivered the cheese, estimated to be worth about £300,000 ($390,000), to the fraudsters before realizing they were not legitimate buyers.The Metropolitan Police told Business Insider a 63-year-old man has since been arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation and handling stolen goods in connection with the case and released on bail.Cheesemakers say the fraudsters executed a sophisticated scam.Matt AustinThe cheese is still missing, but those keenest to solve the mystery are the cheesemakers involved."It's so bizarre because how do you get rid of that much cheese and get a decent return on it?" Ben Ticehurst, dairy manager and head cheesemaker at Trethowan Brothers, told BI.He believes the scam was meticulously planned, as his company was initially contacted about the fraudulent order in June.

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