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Rosie Shead

Tube 'SMS blasters' fraudster laundered £600,000 through gift cards, court hears

Travellers who walked past the devices received fake messages about a failed parcel delivery - (PA)

A fraudster who was part of a scheme targeting London Underground passengers in a text message scam laundered £600,000 through gift cards, a court has heard.

Four defendants were sentenced on Tuesday over the plot where text messages were sent out using homemade “SMS blasters” hidden inside suitcases that were wheeled around the Underground network.

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