A man police said was 'heavily involved' in a huge money laundering operation has been jailed.
Naeem Khalid, 58, of Stott Street, Failsworth, Oldham, made a 'calculated effort to disguise large sums of money that legitimate businesses had been scammed out of', investigators added after he was sentenced. Police said money he laundered was traced back to millions of pounds lost by businesses who fell prey to scams.
An investigation by the City of London Police's Serious Organised Crime Team uncovered 20 victims - including a care home, two solicitors' firms and several manufacturers. Khalid - and 38-year-old Abiya Hussain - admitted to laundering £283,000 between them, the force said.
