10:57 EDT, 10 March 2021
A gang of fraudsters laundered more than £1.2m stolen from property tycoon Nick Candy in a sophisticated operation, a court heard.
Naushad Chandia, 60, is accused of helping drain an RBS bank account containing the proceeds of the fraud.
The cash was distributed through a series of 47 small withdrawals and payments.
Mr Candy, who is married to actress turned pop singer Holly Valance, was defrauded out of the large sums in 2016.
Businessman Robert Harriss, 51, hacked the email of an executive of Mr Candy s Hong Kong branch to trick an employee into transferring the £1.25m into his account, Southwark Crown Court heard.