Criminals sentenced for stealing over £100,000 by tricking customers into handing over bank details

Two men from Leicester have been sentenced at Inner London Crown Court to 25 months each for posing as bank staff and stealing £111,365 from victims.

The sentencing follows an investigation and arrest by the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU), a specialist banking industry sponsored police unit.

Between 2019 and 2024, brothers Zaki Daudo, 34 and Hanzalah Daudo, 46, worked together to fraudulently obtain access to banking customer accounts, by impersonating bank staff and tricking bank customers into handing over information such as security details and one-time-passcodes. The pair would use the stolen banking information to make online purchases. 

Through the police’s investigation, led by Detective Sergeant Chloe Fairclough, the DCPCU were able to obtain evidence of the fraud, including details of over 65,000 unique bank card numbers on Zaki Daudo’s phone, as well as over 29,000 sets of banking data from Hanazlah Daudo’s laptop. Investigators also discovered messages between the brothers on social media platforms containing compromised victim data, showing their criminal collaboration.

All victims were fully reimbursed by the bank.

Officer in the Case, PC Ant King said:

This case demonstrates the callousness of the Daudo brothers in stealing thousands from banking customers. The money stolen is only a snapshot of the potential losses to victims had these two been able to continue their crimes.

Due to the hard work and collaboration between the banking industry and the DCPCU, we have been able to prevent further emotional distress to customers and prevent these brothers causing any further financial harm to unsuspecting victims.

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Notes to editor

  • The Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) was established in 2002 as a unique, proactive and fully operational police unit with a national remit, formed as a collaboration between UK Finance, the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police Service.  It is funded by and provides services to the members of UK Finance’s Economic Crime Fraud stream. 
  • UK Finance  Half Year Fraud Report 2024.
  • Always follow the advice of the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign to protect yourself from fraudulent attempts. Find out more about how you can protect yourself from impersonation fraud here