Two men have been charged in connection with alleged £2m fraudulent banking schemes in Glasgow and Manchester. The pair, aged 36 and 45, were charged and will appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court at a later date.
The third part of the investigation, Operation Henhouse, ran through February and March this year. It resulted in account freezing orders of £5.1m and seizures of cash and assets worth £13.9m. Substantial law enforcement activity was carried out by individual forces and agencies across the UK. The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit made over 90 interventions, including freezing bank accounts, to disrupt suspected fraud being carried out by organised crime groups.
As part of the action, the National Crime Agency worked closely to assist and bolster work led by partners. This included support provided to the Serious Fraud Office on their investigation into Signature Group, a business that attracted over a thousand UK and international investors in the redevelopment of iconic landmarks.
Adrian Searle, Director of the National Economic Crime Centre in the NCA, said: “Henhouse is proof of what policing and wider law enforcement across the UK can achieve when we come together. The emotional harm that fraud causes is immense, and many of those targeted are faced with devastating and life changing losses.
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