Pakistani-origin conman jailed for 11 years in UK

A British-Pakistani conman involved in a 113 million-pound high street bank cyber-fraud, who made so much money that he flew team of valets from Scotland to Lahore to polish his fleet of luxury cars, has been jailed for 11 years by a UK court.
Feezan Hameed Choudhary, 25, mastermind of the biggest cyber- fraud Scotland Yard has ever seen -had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and launder money and was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court last week.
The Glasgow-based criminal, partied with pop stars while splashing out on Rolex watches, jewellery, trips to Dubai and shopping sprees in Harrods.

He owned several luxury motors including a Bentley and a Lamborghini after the scam raked in more than 3 million pounds a month.
He was so obsessive about his motors he flew staff from Platinum Polish in Glasgow on an 8,000-mile round trip to buff up his fleet of Porsche Cayennes at his luxury villa in Lahore.
He also flew the polishers to Dubai to treat a Ferrari and a Lamborghini.

"It was a Monday-to-Friday, nine-to-five operation, and they were just smashing victims all day, running their criminal business like a proper business. People sometimes think fraud is a victimless crime but the impact on the victim's lives has been very upsetting for them," Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Gould, head of Scotland Yard's Falcon Taskforce which tackles cybercrime, told 'The Times'.

Choudhary ran a so-called "vishing" fraud, in which customers were called and tricked into giving their private details before their accounts were robbed.
He and his gang scammed 750 victims and attempted to steal from thousands more.
He was found guilty of setting up a sophisticated criminal network across the country that included his 21-year-old brother Nouman, who helped to launder and invest the cash, and three Lloyds bank staff who passed on customer details and set up business accounts used to funnel money out of the country.
The banks have recovered 47 million pounds but police believe that most of the outstanding 66 million pounds has been laundered to Dubai and Pakistan and spent on property.

The gang also used cash on leasing Bentleys, Range Rovers, Lamborghinis and other expensive cars as well as financing Choudhary's glamorous engagement.
His fiancee, 25-year-old Ayesha Nadeem, was also jailed for 20 weeks earlier this year after pleading guilty to money laundering.
The fraudsters were caught after an extensive covert operation by the Falcon taskforce, supported by 16 other forces.
When the police moved in, Choudhary fled but was arrested in Paris last November while trying to board a flight using a false passport.
In total, 19 people were jailed including the three Lloyds bank staff.
Nouman Choudhary was jailed for three-and-a-half years.