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Four defendants have been convicted today (Tuesday 4 March 2025) in relation to a £200 million-plus money laundering operation.Gregory Frankel, 47, Daniel Rawson, 47 , Haroon Rashid, 54, and Arjun Babber, 32, were found guilty of money laundering at Leeds Cloth Hall Nightingale Crown Court.Police…
An entrepreneur was sentenced today (3 March 2025) after having been convicted of fraudulently obtaining two COVID-19 Bounce Bank Loans to a value of over £95,000.Craig Gibson, 45, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment suspended for two years at Liverpool Crown Court after being convicted of…
Seven construction company connected insiders have today (4 February 2025) been sentenced for their key role in a £22 million fraud against the taxpayer.Daniel Newton, 38, Philip Bailey, 36, Sean Dean, 41, Lee Hudson, 56, Sarah Gillard, 41, Bradley Mortimer, 39, and Kevin Ratcliffe, 43, have…
Six men have today been jailed for their involvement in an organised crime group (OCG) which laundered millions of pounds.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted the defendants following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) under Operation Venetic.Under this law enforcement…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeCPS
An accountant who helped himself to £27,000 from the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme as part of a bigger Covid loans fraud has been jailed for three years and eight months today.Zeeshan Ashraf, 44, claimed a total of £268,102.07 and tried to claim £52,732.66 that he was not entitled to from support…
A former surgeon has been jailed for a combined total of more than five and-a-half years (67 months) today (Wednesday 15 January) at Inner London Crown Court having admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, child cruelty and administering a prescription only medicine to several…
A former takeaway worker who laundered the proceeds of fraud, which saw her rise from living above a restaurant to residing in a multi-million pound rented house, in an affluent part of North London, has been ordered to pay back more than £3.1 million or face extra time in jail. Jian Wen, 42,…
A dealer of stolen unreleased music from famous musicians via the dark web through cryptocurrency exchanges has been today sentenced/imprisoned (3 January 2025).Skylar Dalziel, 22, of Luton, was sentenced today to 21 months' imprisonment suspended for 24 months at Luton Crown Court for 14 counts…
A former solicitor has been sentenced today (10 December 2024) for defrauding the Legal Services Commission (forerunner of the Legal Aid Agency),and making substantial gain at a significant cost to the public purse.Phil Shiner, 67, has been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years…
A company director has been jailed for his key role in a £3 million money laundering operation.Ranbir Singh, 46, pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering and has been sentenced to six years imprisonment. Kuldip Badesha, 46, Singh’s wife, pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in public…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeCPS
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