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24.08.2022 - 16:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man police said was 'heavily involved' in a huge money laundering operation has been jailed.
Naeem Khalid, 58, of Stott Street, Failsworth, Oldham, made a 'calculated effort to disguise large sums of money that legitimate businesses had been scammed out of', investigators added after he was sentenced. Police said money he laundered was traced back to millions of pounds lost by businesses who fell prey to scams.
An investigation by the City of London Police's Serious Organised Crime Team uncovered 20 victims - including a care home, two solicitors' firms and several manufacturers. Khalid - and 38-year-old Abiya Hussain - admitted to laundering £283,000 between them, the force said.
Former supermarket worker Hussain, of Grange Street, Failsworth, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing criminal property in December last year and was sentenced to an 18-month community order and unpaid work. A court heard her crimes were committed under the orders of others, and that she received 'pocket money' for her involvement.
Khalid also pleaded guilty to five counts of money laundering at a court hearing last December but has now been jailed at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court for 46 months. The force said his sentencing hearing was held on August 10, but details have only just been revealed.
Both Khalid and Hussain will now be subject to confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act, police said.
Detective Constable Ian Burditt said "Organised criminals rely on money launderers to disguise the proceeds of crime, which enables them to continue offending. Khalid was heavily involved in a large money laundering operation and made a calculated effort to disguise large sums of money that legitimate businesses had
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