Cash From Confiscation For Counterfeit Crook

On the 22nd of November 2009 at Snaresbrook Crown Court, a man was given a confiscation order for the sum of £35,000.

On 9th March 2007, the man, a 55 year old jeweller of Romford pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to obtain money transfer by deception, two counts of obtaining money transfer by deception, making a false instrument and possessing counterfeit currency. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment on the 15th of September 2008 for these offences.


During 2003, the man made an application to a home loans company for a mortgage. The decision to approve the mortgage was subject to him providing 3 months of bank statements. When he submitted the requested statements, they were found to be forged. The man also produced forged payslips which, together with the forged bank statements, were intended for use in support of a fraudulent application for finance.

Metropolitan police officers also discovered three counterfeit £50 notes during a search of the man's home address.

The man was given 6 months to satisfy the confiscation order or an additional 18 months will be added to his prison sentence.

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