A Nottingham man, arrested by officers from City of London Police’s Economic Crime Unit investigating a £7.5m ‘ghost’ mortgage fraud, has appeared in court.
Jobless Khawar Khan, 27, of 5 Fernleigh Drive, Mapperley is charged with money laundering in that between October 1 2008 and August 12, this year, within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court he concealed, disguised, converted, transferred or removed proceeds of crime, namely £1m.
Police raided a two-bedroom flat at 701 Victoria Centre, Nottingham, on June 2, seizing £13,000 cash and £43,000 in gold ingots.
Charges were brought by the Fraud Prosecution Service who allege multiple mortgages were obtained for non-existent ‘ghost’ properties and other defendants are due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court in February, next year.
Khan is also charged with possessing up to two hundred credit cards and two hundred chequebooks plus computers and banking documents at 244a Longbridge Road, Barking, Essex, on August 12 for use in the course of or in connection with fraud.
He is also charged with possessing three forged Pakistani Passports, nine U.K. passports and a driving licence he knew to be false at the same time and place.
Khan is further charged with possessing computers, credit card readers, chequebooks and a quantity of driving licences on June 2, within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, for use in the course of or in connection with fraud.
He was remanded in custody by City of London Magistrates' Court to appear at Southwark Crown Court on October 20.
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