A romance fraudster who conned several women out of thousands of pounds and targeted hundreds more has been jailed for 28 months, following a National Crime Agency investigation
Osagie Aigbonohan, 41, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, used a number of aliases to contact several women online through dating and social media sites. Of those identified, investigators believe he conned them out of a total of £20,000 and in one case cheated a woman out of nearly £10,000. Using the name ‘Tony Eden’, Aigbonohan […]
A romance fraudster who conned several women out of thousands of pounds and targeted hundreds more has been jailed for 28 months, followi…
Osagie Aigbonohan, 41, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, used a number of aliases to contact several women online through dating and social media sites. Of those identified, investigators believe he conned them out of a total of £20,000 and in one case cheated a woman out of nearly £10,000. Using the name ‘Tony Eden’, Aigbonohan […]
The son of notorious hate cleric Abu Hamza has been jailed for his involvement in a money-laundering plot
Ti-to Ibn-Sheikh created false identities for HSBC bank account holders using information passed to him by an insider at the bank. Southwark Crown Court heard those accounts were used to launder nearly £350,00 from thefts and frauds. The 35-year-old, from Shepherd’s Bush in west London, was jailed for three years and nine months. Victims lost […]
Three to appear at Southwark Crown Court in Jobari Gooden murder investigation
Three people appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court on Monday, 27 December in connection with the murder of Jobari Gooden at Peckham Rye on Friday, 17 December. Momodou Lamin Faal, 27 of Lyndhurst Way, Peckham appeared charged with murder. Olushola Eletu, 39 and Elishah Anderson, 39 of Lettsom Street, Peckham appeared charged with perverting the course […]
The NCA is appealing for information on the whereabouts of a convicted money launderer who talked of moving up to £50 million out of the …
Abdul Fahad, 41, of Meads Lane, Ilford, was arrested by NCA officers in 2018 after bundles of cash totalling more than £100,000 were found in his car. He was charged with multiple money laundering offences after further cash was located at his home, alongside evidence of frequent and suspicious trips to the United Arab Emirates. […]
The NCA is appealing for information on the whereabouts of a convicted money launderer who talked of moving up to £50 million out of the UK every month
Abdul Fahad, 41, of Meads Lane, Ilford, was arrested by NCA officers in 2018 after bundles of cash totalling more than £100,000 were found in his car. He was charged with multiple money laundering offences after further cash was located at his home, alongside evidence of frequent and suspicious trips to the United Arab Emirates. […]
A man has been convicted of the kidnap and sexual assault of a vulnerable young woman in west London in the summer of 2019
Sharif Abbas, 30 of Nightingale Road, N11 was found guilty of kidnap and sexual assault on Monday, 20 December following a trial at Southwark Crown Court. He was remanded in custody to appear for sentencing at the same court on the week commencing Monday, 28 February 2022. At around 6am on Sunday, 16 June […]
A police constable has been dismissed without notice for concealing money she knew had been illegally obtained by her husband
An accelerated misconduct hearing was held for PC Shareen Kashif, following her guilty plea at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, 15 September to concealing criminal property. The hearing on Thursday, 2 December was to determine allegations that her actions breached the standards of professional behaviour in respect of discreditable conduct and honesty and integrity. The […]
Two men have been jailed for a combined total of more than nine years for a stabbing in Westminster
Hanif El-Hafedi, 19 of Holders Hill Drive, Hendon and Joshua Lenga , 20of Talbot Road, Westminster both pleaded guilty to section 18 grievous bodily harm [GBH] wounding with intent at an earlier hearing at Southwark Crown Court.On Tuesday, 16 November, at the same court, they were sentenced to: -Hanif El-Hafedi – 5 years’ imprisonment -Joshua Lenga […]
A man who stockpiled dangerous chemicals has admitted to explosives offences, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism C…
Police first became aware of Michael Pym-Nixson, 54 after paramedics were called to his home to treat him for burn injuries. Because of the suspicious circumstances, police launched an investigation. Following his arrest, officers found that Pym-Nixson hoarded kilos of substances that, when mixed, are known to create explosive materials. The investigation was led by […]
A man who stockpiled dangerous chemicals has admitted to explosives offences, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command
Police first became aware of Michael Pym-Nixson, 54 after paramedics were called to his home to treat him for burn injuries. Because of the suspicious circumstances, police launched an investigation. Following his arrest, officers found that Pym-Nixson hoarded kilos of substances that, when mixed, are known to create explosive materials. The investigation was led by […]
A burglar who stole a lifetime’s collection of antique coins from a world-renowned collector has been sentenced in his absence
Dominik Kuzio, 31 of no fixed abode, was convicted at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, 18 October of breaking into Simon Bendall’s Westminster home and was given a sentence of four years’ imprisonment. Mr Bendall, who died in June 2019 aged 80, was a world-renowned expert on ancient coins and was a collector, scholar […]
A serving police officer has been jailed at Southwark Crown Court after being found guilty of multiple fraud offences
PC Murat Isik, attached to the Roads and Transport Policing Command, was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment on Friday, 1 October. He had been found guilty at the same court on Tuesday, 31 August of four counts of fraud by false representation, two counts of using a false instrument with intent contrary to the Forgery […]
Members of a London-based organised crime group have been jailed for a total of 29 years for possessing and supplying handguns and ammuni…
Artem Kuts, 39, of the Isle of Dogs, and Oliver Mark, 40, of Stratford, were arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the supply of firearms. They were found guilty on 28 May following a seven-day trial at Southwark Crown Court, and were today (1 October) sentenced to 15 years and eight […]
Members of a London-based organised crime group have been jailed for a total of 29 years for possessing and supplying handguns and ammunition
Artem Kuts, 39, of the Isle of Dogs, and Oliver Mark, 40, of Stratford, were arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the supply of firearms. They were found guilty on 28 May following a seven-day trial at Southwark Crown Court, and were today (1 October) sentenced to 15 years and eight […]
Gold medal paralympic winner, James Brown, was sentenced to a 12 month prison sentence by a judge at Southwark Crown Court
James is registered blind and will serve at least 6 months. He was found guilty of public nuisance for climbing on top of a plane at London City Airport during Extinction Rebellion’s October 2019 Rebellion to raise the alarm about the climate and ecological emergency. Raj Chada of Hodge, Jones and Allen Solicitors, who acts […]
Two men who were jailed for manufacturing and supplying counterfeit identity documents have been ordered to surrender almost £350,000 of …
An NCA investigation found that Ukrainian national Sergiy Mykhaylov, 41, used his home in Stratford as a forgery factory, set up with computers and printers capable of producing tens of thousands of false documents. He ran an online business through which he received orders and would post the forged documents to customers all over the […]
Two men who were jailed for manufacturing and supplying counterfeit identity documents have been ordered to surrender almost £350,000 of their illicit earnings or face a further four and a half years in prison
An NCA investigation found that Ukrainian national Sergiy Mykhaylov, 41, used his home in Stratford as a forgery factory, set up with computers and printers capable of producing tens of thousands of false documents. He ran an online business through which he received orders and would post the forged documents to customers all over the […]
