A 34-year-old Nigerian woman from East
Dulwich woman who was involved in a
£40,000 money laundering scam was
sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on
Friday, September 16th.
Olamide Aina was found guilty at the court
on Monday, August 8th of two counts of
money laundering.
She was sentenced to two
years’ imprisonment suspended for two years
for one count, and six months imprisonment
suspended for two years for the second, both
to run concurrently.
She is required to undertake 200 hours
unpaid work.
Aina allowed her account to be used as part
of a scam in February 2013. The first victim,
from Morocco, purchased two printing
machines which were advertised on a
fraudulent website and the £37,945.18 paid
was eventually siphoned into Aina's account.
The second offence concerned the fraudulent
sale of a lawnmower in July 2013. On this
occasion a 29-year-old man lost £3,675 with
the money again being found to have been
paid into one of Aina's many accounts.
Neither victim received the goods they paid
for.
Aina was arrested on 15 July 2013 after
detectives traced the bank records which
were used to funnel off the fraudulent
transactions. Police do not know who
orchestrated the scam.
DC Michael Esangbedo, the investigating
officer for Southwark Borough CID said:
"The investigation was complicated as Aina
tried to hide the money trail.
It was a well
planned and complicated scam. Aina was no
doubt motivated by greed and has never
shown any remorse for her actions."
Source: Metropolitan Police UK
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