Bank Fraud Four In Court

Four men accused of plotting together to defraud banks have appeared at City of London Magistrates Court.

They are: Jatinder Barum,22, of 11 Birch Grove, Slough; Lukhlinder Badhwal,28, of 296a Harrow Road, Wembley; Dhaman Ahluwalia,24, of 61 Bathurst Walk, Iver, Buckinghamshire and Randeep Assi,25, of 7 Burgett Road, Slough.

They face charges brought by the Fraud Prosecution Service and were all bailed unconditionally to appear at Southwark Crown Court on September 29.

All four are charged with conspiring together to defraud U.K. clearing banks between April 29 and August 16, last year, within the Jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court.

Barum is also charged with possessing a PIN Entry Device for use in the course of or in connection with fraud between July 1 and July 30, last year.

Badhwal is also charged with possessing a Schematics Keystroke Logger on April 30, 2008 and Credit Card Data on October 22, 2008 for use in the course of or in connection with fraud.

Ahluwalia is also charged with possessing a PIN Entry Device for use in the course of or in connection with fraud on July 29; August 9 and August 15, last year.

Assi is also charged with possessing a PIN Entry Device on July 17, 2008 and a Toolkit and False Identification on July 29, last year for use in the course of or in connection with fraud.