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Two brothers from East Ham, London have been sentenced at Inner London Crown Court after pleading guilty to committing fraud by abuse of position and false representation.
The sentencing, on 29 October 2020, followed a successful investigation by the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU), a specialist police unit sponsored by the banking industry that investigates the criminals responsible for fraud.
Zeeshan Jaffar, 29, a former bank employee in East Ham was found to have committed £7,430 of fraud by abusing his position within the bank to use a customer's bank card between July 2017 and September 2017.
His brother, Hassan Jaffar, 24, was also found in possession of a customer's bank card provided by his brother Zeeshan and then used the card in a luxury department store as he tried to purchase a £25,500 Rolex watch.
The fraud was spotted by the luxury department store that Hassan had attended and was referred to the DCPCU to investigate the case. All victims were fully refunded by their bank.
Zeeshan Jaffar received six months imprisonment for committing fraud by abuse of position while Hassan Jaffar received 23 weeks imprisonment suspended for 15 months for committing fraud by false representation.
Fiona Roope, Detective Constable of the DCPCU, commented:
These two brothers acted with impunity and thought they could get away with committing thousands of pounds worth of fraud. Zeeshan abused his position of trust to access and use bank cards from unsuspecting customers. ?Fortunately we were able to track the brothers down and bring them to justice for their role in this fraud.
These two brothers acted with impunity and thought they could get away with committing thousands of pounds worth of fraud. Zeeshan abused his position of trust to access and use bank cards from unsuspecting customers.
?Fortunately we were able to track the brothers down and bring them to justice for their role in this fraud.
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<ol><li>For more information, please contact the UK Finance press office on 0207 416 6750 or <a href="mailto:press@ukfinance.org.uk">press@ukfinance.org.uk</a></li> <li>The Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU) is a unique pro-active police unit, with a national remit, formed as a partnership between UK Finance, the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police together with the Home Office. It is fully sponsored by the cards and banking industries, with an on-going brief to investigate, target and, where appropriate, arrest and seek successful prosecution of offenders responsible for card, cheque and payment fraud crimes. It is headed up by a Detective Chief Inspector and comprises officers from the Metropolitan and City of London police forces who work alongside banking industry fraud investigators and support staff. In the first half of 2020, the unit <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.u…; an estimated £12.5 million of fraud, secured 30 convictions, and disrupted seven organised crime groups (OCGs).</li> </ol>
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