[size=14pt]George Abrue, Nigerian immigrant Convicted in UK Court For Phony Stock Selling[/size]

A three year investigation into bogus phone sales that targeted elderly UK citizens – orchestrated by a Nigerian and his UK wife and mother in law - ended this month with the conviction of the perpetrator’s 29 year old wife and her mother.


Ringleader George Abrue, a Nigerian immigrant to the UK, was sentenced to five years behind bars for his role in the multi-million pound fraud and money laundering scheme.
According to the City of London police, Abrue, 29, his wife, Sarah Robson, 28, and mother-in-law Jocelyn Cowper, 57, hired unlicensed brokers who used aggressive sales tactics to sell shares in false start up companies about to float on the stock market. The alleged start-ups dealt in mineral and bio fuels.


To legitimize their operation, Abrue and his cohorts acquired UK phone numbers and created bogus companies, opening up bank accounts using addresses of Abrue’s unsuspecting UK neighbors.
Professional-looking websites and brochures produced in Sweden were created to convince people to invest. Many of the victims were elderly and vulnerable.
Abrue also recruited former colleagues from the phone sales industry to work for him. The recruits were trained in Malaga, Spain and operated from the city of Majorca. Here, they pressurized people over the phone into buying shares in non-existent companies such as Bio-Fuel Solutions Corporation and New Power Technology.
The unsuspecting victims were sent ‘bogus’ share certificates, produced in a Sunderland back-street office run by Scotty Henderson, 31 - one of Abrue main partners - to provide evidence of their investments and to encourage them to make further payouts.
The money obtained from these fraudulent deals was laundered through Swedish and Italian bank accounts to fund extravagant lifestyles for Abrue and his associates.
Abrue used his ill-gotten gains to buy such luxury cars as a Ferrari, Bentley and Maserati, which were housed in Spain. The gang also held parties for hundreds of people in top hotels in Barcelona.

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The scammers came under scrutiny by the UK police in August 2009 when victims began to complain to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) after losing money from the cold-call solicitations.
In December 2009, the City of London Police led a national operation called Operation Soundwave, in collaboration with Spanish law enforcement that saw 11 people arrested in Northumbria and three others in Manchester, Derbyshire and London. Abrue was detained in Sweden and was later extradited back to the UK several months to be charged.
Detective Chief Inspector Dave Clark of the City of London Police said: "George Abrue was a bright and articulate man, but he was also an unscrupulous and callous coward. He showed no sentiment in his crime, and clearly thought nothing of the impact his fraud had on its victims.”
Another Nigerian, Babatunde Aluko was sentenced to 3 yrs and 9 months imprisonment on one count of conspiracy to defraud, and another for money laundering.

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Peppz please i submitted my visa application in UK embassy on the 2nd of June 2011 and i haven't hear anything fRom them yet and haven't been called for the biometric info and tumprint,please what do you think į̸̸̨§ wrong?and how many months does it takes for the processing? peppz plz enlighten me more about the UK visa

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Again there is noting new here. The leaders of his country leads he follows. Race of fraudsters.

Old news I watch dis on itv , The nigerian brother is not the only one involved he run his dodge business with his white partner and white friends as well. Some english ppl are just fcking crook like nigerian