Jailed: Fraudster Who Scammed 74 Year-Old Cancer Patient

A fraudster, whose heartless gang preyed on a 74 year-old cancer patient, swindling him out of £74,000, has been locked-up.

Klaudiusz Majewski, 49, provided fraudulently-opened bank accounts into which his Indian accomplices “cashed out” the proceeds of their cruel scam.

He fled to Germany when City of London Police investigated the fraud and was eventually hunted down and extradited back to the UK.

Fortunately, most of the money was traced and returned to the retired nuclear physicist, but sadly he has since passed away.

At Inner London Crown Court Majewski, of Wolsey Avenue, East Ham received two-and-a-half years imprisonment.

He pleaded guilty to:

Possession / control identity documents with intent.

Possession / control article for use in fraud.

Possession / control identity documents with intent and Possession / control article for use in fraud.

Majewski had been operating as part of an organised crime group, alongside Avinash Kakumanu, Dinesh Alavala and Ranjit Nellikondi, who were previously convicted in 2018 for their role within the scheme.

The bank accounts he provided were utilised to transfer the stolen funds into from call centre scams operating from India.

The group had been cold calling elderly and vulnerable victims, claiming to have been officers from the National Crime Agency. 

Victims were informed that their devices were being used for criminal purposes and they needed to transfer large amounts of money to other accounts.

One of the victims was a 74-year-old man, who had been diagnosed with a rare form of tongue cancer at the time of the offending. 

He was told to carry out a number of transactions, having believed he had been the victim of money laundering.

Detectives seized roughly £120,000 and managed to return the majority of the stolen money to the victim during the earlier stages of the investigation.

Detective Inspector Michael O’Sullivan from the City of London Police said: “The victim in this case has unfortunately passed away, but we did not give up in our relentless pursuit of justice. Majewski will now answer for his crimes.

“Although this heinous act took place many years ago, we have not forgotten and will not forget victims of fraud.”