West Bromwich drugs kingpin Santokh Doal ordered to hand over £94k or face more jail time
He is serving a nine-year sentence after cash, cars and a Rolex were linked to his class A drugs racket
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A drugs lord who lived a life of luxury on the back of his evil trade has been ordered to hand over more than £90,000 or face more jail time.
Vulnerable victims were targeted during the investment fraud TWO fraudsters have been convicted for conning vulnerable victims out of a £2 million in a ‘boiler room’ fraud operation. Luke Ryan, 33, and Paul Seakens, 60, and were found guilty at the specialist court, Prospero House, Southwark, on Wednesday, on charges of running a business for fraudulent purposes. Seakens was also convicted of money laundering and proceeds of crime charges. Seakens and Ryan were directors of Enviro Associates, a company based in Southgate Street, Winchester, that used high pressure sales tactics to convince vulnerable people to buy Voluntary Emission Reduction (VERs) carbon credits. They used call operatives, making false claims about returns.
NI pensioners conned into leaving life savings at doors by fraudsters posing as police, court told
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Dozens of pensioners in Northern Ireland have allegedly been conned into leaving life savings at their front doors by fraudsters posing as police officers, a court heard today.
Two fraudsters have been convicted today (12 May) for conning vulnerable victims out of £36 million in a ‘boiler room’ fraud operation.
Paul Seakens, 60, and Luke Ryan, 33, were found guilty at the new specialist court, Prospero House, Southwark, on charges of running a business for fraudulent purposes. Seakens was also convicted of money laundering and proceeds of crime charges.
Seakens and Ryan were directors of a company based in Winchester, Enviro Associates, that sold Voluntary Emission Reduction (VERs) carbon credits to mostly vulnerable individuals using call operatives, making false claims about returns.
The VERs sold to clients were essentially worthless, purchased via Seakens’ London based company CNI for very small sums and then sold by the boiler rooms - call centres for con artists - to victims at vastly inflated prices (between 200% - 1,000% mark-up).