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John McNally, prosecuting, told Inner London crown court: This was organised, international-scale offending. It had four necessary steps arranging transit to the UK for the person, obtaining an account at banks, claims creation and management, then harvesting , the Sun reports.
In just over a year the pair raked in £297,161 of taxpayers money.
The court heard how the sisters had also been part of a separate bank fraud operation in which they opened 12 bogus accounts with the help of a Barclays manager.
Edyta Gorska, 35 (pictured). In just over a year the pair raked in £297,161 of taxpayers money
Barclays trusted employee Karolina Zmijewska, 40, skipped security checks at the bank, claiming she had been taken in by an emotional story from Edyta who allegedly said her mother was ill, the Sun reports.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
(Stock image) An organised crime group (OCG) has?been sentenced??to a combined total of eight years and four months at?Inner London Crown Court?for committing £385,000 of benefit fraud An Enfield bank employee has been jailed for her role in an organised crime group that committed £385,000 of benefit fraud. On February 4 of last year, Santino Laskowski was present during an attempt to open an account at a bank branch in Barking using someone else’s credentials and a fraudulently obtained utility bill. He was arrested and officers found messages on the 25-year-old’s phone contained numerous details of fraudulently opened bank accounts in the names of others, and messages between himself and gang member Ali Tariq, 41, exchanging fraudulent bank account information.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
(Stock image) An organised crime group (OCG) has?been sentenced??to a combined total of eight years and four months at?Inner London Crown Court?for committing £385,000 of benefit fraud An Enfield bank employee has been jailed for her role in an organised crime group that committed £385,000 of benefit fraud. On February 4 of last year, Santino Laskowski was present during an attempt to open an account at a bank branch in Barking using someone else’s credentials and a fraudulently obtained utility bill. He was arrested and officers found messages on the 25-year-old’s phone contained numerous details of fraudulently opened bank accounts in the names of others, and messages between himself and gang member Ali Tariq, 41, exchanging fraudulent bank account information.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
(Stock image) An organised crime group (OCG) has?been sentenced??to a combined total of eight years and four months at?Inner London Crown Court?for committing £385,000 of benefit fraud An Enfield bank employee has been jailed for her role in an organised crime group that committed £385,000 of benefit fraud. On February 4 of last year, Santino Laskowski was present during an attempt to open an account at a bank branch in Barking using someone else’s credentials and a fraudulently obtained utility bill. He was arrested and officers found messages on the 25-year-old’s phone contained numerous details of fraudulently opened bank accounts in the names of others, and messages between himself and gang member Ali Tariq, 41, exchanging fraudulent bank account information.