Zimbabwean jailed in £20m UK cheque book scam

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By Staff Reporter

A 24-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was beginning a six-month-jail-term this week after being snared in a £20 million cheque-book scam in England.

He was part of a group of 34 multi-national crooks arrested in a nationwide hunt in the scam which has sucked in employees of the mail delivery company, the Royal Mail.

Barnet police's Operation Bangor snared 34 people in April, and eight men were sentenced last Friday, including Zimbabwean Linus Rungano who lives in Manchester.

Harrow Crown Court heard how the men used the stolen cheque books to pay money usually just under £1,000 into bank accounts opened under their name or under aliases, using false documents.

Also involved in the scam were British, Angolan and Congolese nationals.

Judge Peter Moss hailed Barnet police for their handling of the operation, which has seen a nationwide haul of 34 people arrested, 40 homes raided and 220 suspects investigated.

Further trials are expected during the coming months.
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