Sam Willis, leading Joe Weeks of 2HB, prosecuted this 8-defendant money laundering case arising from a sophisticated fraud against EE’s Recycle and Reward Scheme (designed to pay customers for trading in their old mobile phones when taking out a new contract). Over £125,804 was received by the defendants as a result of the fraud and then repeatedly transferred between bank accounts or withdrawn as cash. The case against the defendants was presented over two trials each lasting four weeks and included analysis of 52 different bank accounts and 147 separate fraudulent payments. Two defendants pleaded guilty before trial, one pleaded guilty just after the opening speech, and five were unanimously convicted by the jury.
The trial concluded at Inner London Crown Court today, with sentencing adjourned to January.
Sam was instructed by CPS SEOCID.
