Daddy is a crazy Muslim radical who incites murder and the kids are scam artists.
Oh Britain. Come back to us!
Posted on 05/28/2009 3:50:03 PM PDT by americanophile
Three sons of the extremist Muslim preacher Abu Hamza have been jailed for their part in a £1m luxury car scam.
The gang targeted makes including Mercedes, BMW and Range Rover which had been left in long-stay car parks.
They wrote to the DVLA to change their address and re-register the vehicles and when new log books were sent out they obtained a new set of keys from dealerships.
The cars were then sold on to unwitting third parties or used as collateral for loans.
Abu Hamza's sons Hamza Kamel, 22, and Mohamed Mostafa, 27, helped run the two-year fraud with the hook handed cleric's stepson Mohssin Ghailam, 28.
Martyn Bowyer, prosecuting, called the operation a "sophisticated, well-planned and professionally executed enterprise" that involved 32 vehicles which together were valued at more than £1m.
The court heard that Kamel admitted five counts of handling stolen cars and of laundering more than £14,000 of criminal money in relation to the scam was sentenced to two and a half years..
Mostafa, who lives with his brother in Acton West London, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by using false French passport to secure a £12,000 loan and to obtain keys for a BMW and was sentenced to two years.
Ghailan, from Shepherd's Bush, West London, described as a "key player", admitted conspiracy to defraud and was jailed for four years.
Mostafa served a three-year sentence in Yemen ten years ago for involvement with a terrorist group but Ben Brandon, for Mostafa, said there was no suggestion proceeds of the car scam were to be used for any terrorist group or activity.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Daddy is a crazy Muslim radical who incites murder and the kids are scam artists.
Oh Britain. Come back to us!
Too bad it’s not a televangelist or we’d have a real story here.
No kidding.
Racism!!!
Sounds like the DVLA is rather soft touch. You would think they would demand some sort of proof that you really are the car owner before sending out new documents.
>Oh Britain. Come back to us!<
Why should they — they seem to enjoy their status as much as we will in the not too distant future.
And probably all on government benefits.
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