An internet fraudster was sentenced to two years prison yesterday for his part in a gang which pocketed hundreds of thousands of pounds from various web-based scams.
Michael Ugboaja, 48, of Beckton, was sentenced for his part in laundering 470,000.
The gang targeted a Canadian doctor on a dating site and persuaded her to hand over $100,000 (62,500) to a man she believed to be a diamond dealer.
An accountant from Melbourne, who was tricked by a series of emails and meetings, handed over A$1.7m (1.14m) in the belief he would receive a A$500m loan.
The Aussie beancounter had meetings in Dubai and England with different members of the gang and was even shown a trunk full of cash to convince him the scam was genuine.
A Swiss hotel owner lost 11,000 that he believed was being invested in oil.
Over four months, 470,000 was paid into an account opened by Ugboaja. He took the money out in cash and handed it to an unknown man in a supermarket carpark. The cash was never recovered.
The leaders of the gang have still not been traced.
The Metropolitan Police statement is here.
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