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22/07/2015
Sean Benson, 26, and Jennifer Hallam, 25, from Croydon, were found guilty on Tuesday (21 July) of fraud and money laundering after a three-year police investigation.
At Southwark Crown Court, Mr Benson was jailed for seven years, while Hallam was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years.
In 2012, a joint investigation was launched by the Met Police and the National Crime Agency into the activities of a cyber criminal using the online nickname Sir King Cash (SKC). SKC, or Benson, was a member of an online criminal forum set up, amongst other things, to help those wishing to trade in stolen debit or credit card data. He had established an online identity to buy card details from a Russian cyber criminal network.
He then formed a company called Identity Music, which claimed to specialise in selling audio material to DJs, musicians and others. However, he used the stolen credit card details to make false purchases through his website, with the money going directly into five Lloyds TSB Bank business accounts he owned.
The Met's Criminal Finance Team froze the accounts and found they contained £534,000. Benson withdrew around £100,000 from the accounts to pass to his wife, and she took it to a money transfer shop where some £80,000 was sent to the Russians to pay for the stolen card details.
In total, police said Benson made £1.3m of false purchases through his sham music business and transferred more than £1m to his Lloyds accounts.
In addition, an investigation found that £40,000 of the stolen money had been used to fund the couple's lavish wedding and honeymoon to Hawaii.
Both Benson and Hallam were arrested on 14 January 2013 and charged on 12 March 2014. Benson was found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation and three counts of money laundering. Hallam was found guilty of money laundering.
(JP)
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Couple Jailed After Stealing To Fund Lavish Wedding
A couple have been jailed after they stole more than £1m by trading in stolen bank cards, and using thousands of pounds to fund their lavish wedding.Sean Benson, 26, and Jennifer Hallam, 25, from Croydon, were found guilty on Tuesday (21 July) of fraud and money laundering after a three-year police investigation.
At Southwark Crown Court, Mr Benson was jailed for seven years, while Hallam was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years.
In 2012, a joint investigation was launched by the Met Police and the National Crime Agency into the activities of a cyber criminal using the online nickname Sir King Cash (SKC). SKC, or Benson, was a member of an online criminal forum set up, amongst other things, to help those wishing to trade in stolen debit or credit card data. He had established an online identity to buy card details from a Russian cyber criminal network.
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He then formed a company called Identity Music, which claimed to specialise in selling audio material to DJs, musicians and others. However, he used the stolen credit card details to make false purchases through his website, with the money going directly into five Lloyds TSB Bank business accounts he owned.
The Met's Criminal Finance Team froze the accounts and found they contained £534,000. Benson withdrew around £100,000 from the accounts to pass to his wife, and she took it to a money transfer shop where some £80,000 was sent to the Russians to pay for the stolen card details.
In total, police said Benson made £1.3m of false purchases through his sham music business and transferred more than £1m to his Lloyds accounts.
In addition, an investigation found that £40,000 of the stolen money had been used to fund the couple's lavish wedding and honeymoon to Hawaii.
Both Benson and Hallam were arrested on 14 January 2013 and charged on 12 March 2014. Benson was found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation and three counts of money laundering. Hallam was found guilty of money laundering.
(JP)
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