Lloyds Bank worker took bribes to launder text scam gang’s stolen millions
The criminal network had stolen money using a ‘smishing’ plot, tricking individuals and companies into divulging their personal bank details
14 May 2021 • 2:50pm
Ayman Touhami, a former bank employee, has been sentenced after taking bribes in the form of cash and gifts to set up fake bank accounts
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A text scam gang bribed a Lloyds Bank worker to help them launder money stolen in a £30million con, a court heard.
Ayman Touhami, 25, took cash and gifts in exchange for using false information to set up accounts where the criminals could place money.
Ayman Touhami took bribes to set up fake bank accounts for criminals. Image: Met Police A Lambeth man who previously worked as a bank employee received a suspended jail sentence earlier today (Tuesday, May 11) after he was convicted of involvement in a sophisticated ‘smishing’ scam. 25-year-old Ayman Touhami from Lambeth pleaded guilty to involvement in the scheme that created fake bank accounts used to lure victims into divulging their bank details. He was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to carry out 200 hours of community work at Inner London Crown Court Tuesday. Touhami was involved in what police described as a sophisticated scam designed to steal money from targets by pretending to be officials from their bank.
A New Cross man has been jailed for his part in laundering millions obtained from victims by a criminal network posing as their bank in text messages. Clarke Daniel Morgan-Findlay, 26, of Hunsdon Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of money laundering at Inner London Crown Court in September 2020. He has now been sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment. Morgan-Findlay was part of an organised crime network, along with Newham accomplice Quin Huang and former bank employee Ayman Touhami, from Lambeth, which engaged in a form of fraud known as ‘smishing’.
Quin Huang The losses attributed to the group against two major UK banks is conservatively estimated to be in the region of £20-£30million.