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Five members of an organised criminal gang, which falsely claimed more than £53 million in Universal Credit in the largest benefit fraud in England and Wales, have been jailed.Bulgarian nationals Galina Nikolova, 39, Stoyan Stoyanov, 28, Tsvetka Todorova, 53, Gyunesh Ali, 34, and Patritsia Paneva,…
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A banking fraudster has been sentenced for making fake applications to banks and a pension company to obtain loans, banking, and pension facilities, totalling around £178,000 in potential losses.Michael Cross, 38, has today been sentenced to three years imprisonment at Inner Crown Court London. …
A gang of seven men have been sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court for stealing train track rails.Jaspreet Oberoi, 40, Lee Clark, 48, Dean Tonks, 38, Ricky Collins, 40, Daniel Hemmings, 77, David Aignotti, 58 and Shaun Webber, 41, were sentenced to 30 months imprisonment, 27 months imprisonment…
Two money laundering cash couriers were imprisoned today (26 April 2024), for their role in transporting illegally obtained money out of the United Kingdom.Mehdi Amrollahibyouki, 41, and Ali Al Nawab, 44, were sentenced to four years imprisonment and two years imprisonment suspended for two years…
Two women from Tamworth have today been jailed for defrauding and laundering more than £634,000 from estates of the deceased, including money intended for life-saving charities such as Cancer Research and Great Ormond Street Hospital.Laurna Porter was a probate manager at two firms of solicitors,…
A property tycoon has been given a sentence of 12 years' imprisonment after having been found guilty of a £3.5 million fraud over claims he sold houseboats on a stretch of the river Thames that could not be lived in.Myck Djurberg (64) was convicted at Kingston Crown Court for fraudulently selling…
An ex-takeaway worker has been convicted (Wednesday 20 March 2024) of laundering the proceeds which saw her rise from living above a Chinese restaurant to residing in a multi-million pound house in an affluent part of North London.Jian Wen, 42, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of an…
A ex-council worker and a roofing firm worker have been jailed for fraud and bribery after they conspired to defraud New Forest District Council.Former council maintenance operative Richard Cullen, aged 55 from Luton, received bribes from 34-year-old Mark Diaper, who worked at a roofing company in…
Three men who laundered funds fraudulently obtained from 350 people who were tricked into investing more than £12 million in non-existent or worthless shares have been sentenced today.Some victims invested tens of thousands of pounds they had saved for their retirement and will have to continue…
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Christopher McEvoy, 47, was handed a suspended 14-month prison sentence on 2 February 2024, and disqualified from being the director of any company for two years.Sarah Place, a Specialist Fraud Prosecutor, said:“Christopher McEvoy treated company money as his own piggy bank to dip into whenever he…
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