Four men have been jailed for an attempted £1.5m fraud which
involved two people posing as rich Arab sheiks.
They pretended to own a £6m home in an attempt to secure a
"loan", the Beeb reports.
The fraud was exposed when central London finance company
Masthaven became suspicious and called in police, who organised a sting
operation. The four had all admitted
conspiracy to defraud by way of false representation. One of the defendants
disappeared while on bail awaiting sentencing.
Mortgage broker Jonathan Flynn, 38, of Pudsey, West
Yorkshire, was jailed for four-and-a-half years. Shakil Ahmed, 36, from Paddington, west
London, was jailed for three years in his absence, having fled while on bail. Ahmed Ali, 47, of Manchester and Shane
Martin, 51, both of Tarporley, Cheshire, were jailed for two-and-a-half years….
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