London:
The UK’s National Crime Agency on Friday announced its first “Interpol Silver Notice” to help find out the criminal property of a convicted Indian -origin fraudster, believed that GBP 8.5 million has been illegally created.
Anopkumar Maudhoo, who is said to have used several surnames, has been subjected to the international order, which provides facilities to obtain, identify and obtain properties, vehicles, financial accounts, financial accounts and businesses such as laundered assets.
Mauudu from London was convicted last month after a large -scale orchestrate of a convention fraud, which allegedly offered renovated properties or opportunities for investment in investment in re -development of land plots.
However, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA), properties were not subject to re -proceedings and the real owners were unaware of the sale of fraud.
Britain’s security minister Dan Jarvis said, “This silver notice, wherever it can be hidden, displays our commitment to overcome the boundary cooperation, confiscate and recover the boundary for him wherever he can hide, and we will continue to provide law enforcement partners with the necessary equipment required to deal with these embarrassing criminals.”
“Fraud is a terrible crime, and wherever we are, there are firm to stop the fraud,” he said.
Through silver notice and diffraction, member countries may request information about criminal activities of a person such as fraud, corruption, drug trafficking, environment crime and assets related to other serious crimes.
In March, Modhu accepted a total of 76 offenses, including fraud, money laundering and occupation of false identity documents, after an investigation by NCA’s Eastern Area Special Operations Unit (ERSOU).
While domestic inquiry is going on to identify assets that can be sold to compensate victims using the income of the Crime Act Act, the silver notice allows interpol member countries to share alerts and requests for information around the world.
“Silver notice is the latest equipment that we are use to help identify any further assets organized by Maudu from Arso’s Regional Organized Crime Unit, Detective Chief Inspector Rob Burns said, in addition to speedboats and 19 high-value cars, which we have already confiscated.”
“We know that they have strong links abroad, especially around Europe, and notice will help us contact with the partner agencies and identify any further property, which in turn can be used to repay their victims,” he said.
Other surnames used by 45 -year -old include Vincent Leboff, Pascal Burns, Yasef Khan and Visenso COTE.
The silver notice is part of a pilot phase which includes 52 countries and regions, which is running at least till November.
Rachel Herbert, Deputy Director of the National Economic Crime Center at NCA, said that this means that the UK law enhanced the enforcement capacity and corrected the assets purchased through sick benefits, which made it difficult for criminals to hide and move property on the borders.
“It will also increase the money available for compensation for the victims of these crimes. By targeting illegal profits of criminal network, and NCA-House Interpol National Central Bureau is working collaboratively with partners around the world through the Interpol National Central Bureau, we are disrupting their operations,” he said.
City of London Police welcomed the “historic first use of silver notice in the UK”.
Deputy Commissioner of the force Nick Adams said, “This work is part of our commitment to create a more hostile environment for the British by targeting Britain and disrupting the criminal network behind its illegal profits.”
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