Dec 2009
News_£250k_Teesside_Confiscation - 21 Dec 2009
A GANG of drug dealers has been ordered to pay back almost £250,000 of their ill-gotten gains after being imprisoned for supplying heroin. The three men, who profited almost £3m between them from crime, were jailed at Teesside Crown Court in May last year for their part in the conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. ......
News_Fraudster_Canoeist_And_Wife_Have_Assets_Confiscated - 21 Dec 2009
John and Anne Darwin, the married couple, who together staged John’s death in a fake canoeing accident in order to con insurance companies, will see their assets confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act. They will have to pay a total of £591,839.25. ......
News09_Henson_Confiscation - 18 Dec 2009
A DRUG dealer has been ordered to pay back more than half a million pounds following investigations by Northumbria Police and the North East Regional Asset Recovery Team. Robert Raymond Henson, of Ancroft Garth, Shincliffe, County Durham, was sentenced to 12 years on June 27, 2008, for two offences of drug trafficking involving the supply of heroin and cannabis and the collection and handling of associated cash. On Wednesday, December 16, a judge ordered him to pay back £542,040......... ......
Nov 2009
Bashier Confiscation - 06 Nov 2009
In one of Middlesbrough’s largest ever rulings on “criminal benefits”, four men agreed that they made a total of £5,734,149 from crime. They were yesterday ordered to pay £326,032 between them - the amount they currently have at their disposal. But if they later obtain assets or money, the authorities can come after them for more of the cash under the Proceeds of Crime order. ......
Oct 2009
Ward family confiscation - 06 Oct 2009
The head of a family, Dan Ward now aged 60, cheated an OAP from Sheffield out of £22,400 which represented her life savings by persuading her that her house needed work doing to it. He pocketed the cash after doing a superficial job. ......
Aug 2009
NE News - Carter Mortage Fraud Confiscation - 25 Aug 2009
Judge John Swanson ordered the amount of £10,165.15 be repaid by David Carter within the next three months. If he defaults on the payments he faces six months in prison and will still have the debt to repay when he comes out. Stephen Bagnall was also made subject of a confiscation order in the sum of £57,500.50 to be repaid within six months. If he fails, he’ll have to serve two years in prison – and will still be faced with paying the money. ......
North East News - Skip Hire Company Confiscation - 24 Aug 2009
The bosses of a skip hire company responsible for creating a “waste mountain” have been ordered to hand over £234,393 after admitting waste offences. ......
News - Aziz Confiscation - 03 Aug 2009
Cleveland Police disrupted one of the North East’s largest cannabis farms which had been established in the former probation offices located at Longlands Road in Middlesbrough; the crop value was estimated to be in the region of £500,000. On 2 March 2009 the Court ruled that Liquat Ali’s benefit from the criminal conduct was £13,000 and an order was made that Ali should repay the sum of £5,000 which represented his available assets. ......
Jul 2009
News - Hemingway Confiscation - 07 Jul 2009
In May 2008, Wakefield car dealer and prolific car-clocker Adrian Hemingway was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment in connection with car clocking offences. Hemingway had been selling clocked vehicles to customers for many years from the various sites that he operated in the Wakefield area. Following the service of a Restraint Order preventing Hemingway from hiding or spending his money, the RART Payback team discovered that Hemingway had breached the order and subsequently withdra ......
Apr 2009
News - Maloney Confiscation - 24 Apr 2009
Cleveland Police made a referral to the North East Regional Asset Recovery Team to conduct a confiscation investigation following a conviction for conspiring to supply drugs and money laundering. As part of this process, a BMW valued in excess of £21,000, was identified as representing part of Christopher Maloney’s criminal gains. The Moloneys falsely claimed the BMW had been sold but several months later, it was found in Harrogate at the Care Home where Christopher Maloney’s sister worked. ......
Mar 2009
Gang Lynchpin Jailed - 16 Mar 2009
On 26 February 2009, Leyakt Sajawal pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce class C drug (cannabis) and he was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court on 6 March 2009, he received a term of imprisonment of 4 ½ years. ......
Feb 2009
Kennedy Confiscation - 05 Feb 2009
On 19 January 2009 at Teesside Crown Court found that Joseph Kennedy of Doncaster, had benefited by £838,920.00 from his criminal conduct. He was ordered to pay £430,052.66 within 6 months under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. ......
Burdett & Smith Confiscation - 05 Feb 2009
Confiscation orders were made in the sum of £40,000 for David Burdett and £50,000 for Colin Smith; both were given 6 months to pay or face default prison sentences. Smith and Burdett were found guilty of laundering the proceeds of a scam which involved selling air purifiers, de-humidifer units and service contracts to elderly and vulnerable people at vastly inflated prices. One victim handed over cheques to the salesman to the value of £40,000. ......
NE News - Foster Confiscation - 05 Feb 2009
In February 2007, Christian Foster, 32 of Southwood, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough pleaded guilty to rape, conspiracy to supply heroin, false imprisonment and blackmail and was sentenced to 13 years by HHJ Briggs at Teesside Crown Court, Cleveland Police conducted an investigation which identified that the rape complainant was the wife of a street dealer with whom Foster had a dispute. Foster thought the dealer held £60,000 of heroin that belonged to him, when unable to track down the drug de ......
Jan 2009
News - Brothel Confiscation - 23 Jan 2009
As a result of the NE RART confiscation investigation, on 15 December 2008 at Leeds Crown Court three confiscation orders were made totalling £96,452.74. ......

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