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Gang accused of postbox fraud to stand trial (20 April 2015)

Date: 20/04/2015
Duncan Lewis, Crime Solicitors, Gang accused of postbox fraud to stand trial

A gang of four men and one woman will stand trial for nationwide postbox fraud, despite denying all the charges against them.

On Friday (17/04/15) at Ipswich Crown Court, Lawrence Shaw, 41, from Rotherham; Amiruz Zaman, 36, from London; Romario Gentile, 24, from London; Hamza Ahmed, 36, from London; and Molly Jones, 22, from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex appeared for a plea and case management hearing, local publisher EDP24 reports.

They will stand trial in November on charges relating to the theft of post from communal mailboxes at apartment blocks in several UK cities – including Norwich, Nottingham, London, Sheffield and Liverpool – with the intention of obtaining bank cards and PINs to purchase goods and withdraw cash without the victims’ knowledge.

In court on Friday, Gentile and Ahmed denied one charge of conspiracy to defraud by falsely representing that they were entitled to access and remove mail that did not belong to them, utilise personal details and access bank accounts to make a gain for themselves or others.

Shaw denied two similar offences.

In court, Gentile and Jones both denied conspiracy to commit fraud by abuse of position of trust – namely that Jones, who was employed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, accessed and provided personal customer details to others to make a gain.

EDP24 reports that Shaw denied a further charge of conspiracy to defraud in 2013, by falsely representing that Shorelax and Arkshore Ltd were companies employing genuine employees – when the purpose of the companies was to provide false references to letting and credit agencies.

Shaw further denied possessing bank statements and the details of customers and mailbox keys.

Gentile also denied possessing mailbox keys for use in fraud.
Zaman denied conspiracy to defraud by falsely representing he was entitled to transfer and remove funds from customers’ bank accounts.

The five were released on bail until 2 November.

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