Three men involved in a conspiracy to supply over £12m of counterfeit banknotes have been ordered to give up the real money they earned from their crimes.
Trio jailed after UK’s largest counterfeit cash seizure Richard Stuart-Turner Thursday, January 21, 2021
Three members of an organised crime group have been jailed for conspiracy to print over £12m of counterfeit cash, following a police raid in May 2019 at an industrial unit in Beckenham, Kent.
(L-R) Co-conspirators John Evans, Phillip Brown and Nick Winter. Image: Kent Police
After what is believed to have been the single largest face-value seizure of fake currency in UK history, John Evans and Phillip Brown were jailed for over 15 years between them at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday (20 January), having previously admitted their involvement in the conspiracy.