Sixteen people being sentenced for taking part in a £2 million fraud conspiracy.

An organised crime group that had stolen people's identities, gave these to several men to use as fake documents to claim credit.

The credit was obtained from car dealers across the country using the fake identities, where these men were known as the ‘strikers’ and would collect cars from different locations such as hotel car parks.

Their fraudulent activities ran from February 2020 to July 2022 during which time over 70 high networth cars, including many German brands such as Porsche, Mercedes and BMWs were stolen. The value of these cars were thought to be worth over two million pounds.

Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Specialist Investigation Team worked with the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) and National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) on the long-running investigation to build a profile of how the scam was being coordinated by criminals around the UK.

The primary offenders of the gang all pleaded guilty and previously appeared in court. They were:  

Ammir Mukhtar, aged 26, of Pretoria Road North, London sentenced to four years and 10 months imprisonment for fraud by false representation

Mukhtar Ibrahim, aged 26, of Holcombe Road, London, sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment for fraud by false representation

Emmanuel Dwamena, aged 36, of Cornworthy Road, Dagenham, sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment for theft of motor vehicle

Samad Miah, aged 28 of Yarmouth Crescent, London, sentenced to two years and one month imprisonment for fraud by false representation 

Sadiq Miah aged 27, of Yarmouth Crescent, London, sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for fraud by false representation.

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