Shouting it from the rooftops
January 9, 2013 6:05 AM   Subscribe

"Two men have been charged with money laundering and a substantial amount of cash has been recovered by police after a raid in Leicester."
"Martin Brown, assistant director of criminal investigation for HMRC, said the scam was a "major conspiracy" designed to steal money from the economy and taxpayer."

"A launderette owner has been jailed for his part in a fraud and money laundering scam.

Basharat Sajawal, from Leicester, was one of four men to be sentenced over the £750,000 VAT fraud."
posted by marienbad (2 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: I get that the money launderer owned a launderette, but this is pretty thin for a post -- taz



 
Just to add: if I saw the bloke whose picture is on the page in town, I wouldn't bat an eyelid!!
posted by marienbad at 6:05 AM on January 9, 2013


Judge Paul Worsley QC, sentencing Sajawal at the Old Bailey, said: "You were a shadowy influence who fell to the lure of easy money."

I have to admit, that I rather glumly expect to hear this said to me some day.

"The gang designed the fraud with various layers in an attempt to conceal the crime and avoid detection," he said.

Surely this could at least place in a "most tautological journalistic description of a crime" contest.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:11 AM on January 9, 2013


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