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Early Warning and the CardAware™ Service receive police praise.

Fraudsters Arrested, Charged, Convicted & Jailed

Police at Forest Gate Fraud Liaison Office have been investigating a major Internet fraud whereby they have identified that £18,000 (approximately) worth of goods were fraudulently ordered over the Internet for delivery to addresses in Katherine Road, London, E6 and also an address in Walsall. An address was searched in August 2002 and two persons (Mohammed Aslam and Nasreen Akhtar) were arrested. Due to the amount of property recovered (necessitating the use of a 7.5 tonne lorry to take it all away!!) a lengthy investigation then ensued.

Due to other work commitments and the complexity of gathering the necessary evidence both persons remained on bail until April 2003. On 2nd April 2003 Mohammed Aslam of 20 Katherine Road E6 was charged with 29 offences and a further 27 offences were prepared for him to have them taken into consideration. He appeared at Stratford Magistrates Court on 29th April 2003 and pleaded guilty to 24 of the 29 charged offences and agreed to have 14 of the 27 other offences taken into consideration. He was then bailed to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court for sentence on 30th May 2003. He was subsequently sentenced to a total of 18 months imprisonment.

Nasreen Akhtar (sister of Aslam) was interviewed on 14th April 2003 with regard to her involvement in the Internet Fraud. This matter was not pursued due to a lack of evidence. However she was charged with two offences of False Accounting concerning Housing Benefit Fraud. She appeared at Stratford Magistrates Court on 7th May 2003 and pleaded guilty. She was later sentenced to an 18 month Community Rehabilitation Order (the District Judge did state that this would normally be suitable for a term of 6 months imprisonment!) TOGETHER WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. The investigating officers would like to thank all those involved in Early-Warning. The assistance provided was instrumental in bringing about this successful prosecution.

Current Media Coverage

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Past Media Coverage.

Here is a list of just some of the media coverage that we have received. Click on the relevant date to access a copy of the original article or broadcast

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25/09/02	-	Small Businesses Fight Back Against Fraud Silicon.com (256 KB)	06/02/03	-	Forged Cheque Scam Hits UK Retailers Theregister.co.uk (162 KB)

26/09/02	-	FraudForum Recommends A New Site – earlywarning.org.uk FraudForum.org (67.8 KB)	07/02/03	-	Small Firms Alerted To Fraud Threat Startups.co.uk (140 KB)

04/10/02	-	Nigerian Freight Forwarding Scam Hits UK Theregister.co.uk (219 KB)	08/03/04	-	Not Such A Flexible Friend Microscope – microscope.co.uk (216 KB)

31/10/02	-	Beating The Hi-Tech Fraudsters At Their Own Game Guardian Newspaper – guardian.co.uk (63.8 KB)	15/03/04	-	Level Of CNP Crime Expected To Grow Microscope – microscope.co.uk (150 KB)

01/11/02	-	British Traders Aided By Anti-Credit Card Fraud Scheme Theenquirer.net (50.8 KB)	22/03/04	-	Sign On-Line To Change Attitudes To CNP Fraud Microscope – microscope.co.uk (96.6 KB)

13/11/02	-	E-tailers Opt For Early Warning System Personal Computer World - Pcw.co.uk (51.0 KB)	05/04/04	-	Government Fails To Protect IT Industry From CNP Fraud Microscope – microscope.co.uk (253KB)

14/11/02	-	Small Businesses Combine To Fight Online Card Fraud Bizhot.co.uk (35.6 KB)	07/04/04	-	Card Fraud – The Perfect Crime? Computer Trade Shopper (204 KB)

21/11/02	-	Early Warning Scheme Chases Online Cheats Computer Reseller News (52.7 KB)	24/05/04	-	Police Are Not Trained To Deal With E-Crime Microscope – microscope.co.uk (71.1 KB)

22/11/02	-	Online Scheme Targets Credit Card Fraud Retail Technology News – retailtechnology.co.uk (35.4KB)	07/06/04	-	CNP Fraud Needs Attention Microscope – microscope.co.uk (324 KB)

27/11/02	-	Early Warning Scheme Chases Online Cheats Infomatics – infomaticsonline.co.uk (66.7 KB)	14/06/04	-	MP Adds Weight To CNP Campaign Microscope – microscope.co.uk (121 KB)

27/11/02	-	Credit Card Fraud Banking Liaison Group (96.0 KB)	16/06/04	-	CNP Fraud Needs More Attention Computer Trade Shopper (94.5 KB)

27/11/02	-	Nigerian Freight Forwarding Scam Hits UK Computer Crime Research Centre – crime-research.org (97.9 KB)	02/06/04	-	Hot Plastic BBC1

29/11/02	-	Local Retailers Warned Of Credit Card Fraud Business Link Solutions (68.6 KB)	11/10/04	-	Action Taken To Raise Police Awareness Of CNP Fraud Microscope – microscope.co.uk (68.3KB)

02/12/02	-	Credit Card Fraudsters Targeted by New Online Scheme Securitypark.co.uk (143 KB)	18/10/04	-	Sign On Line And Stop CNP Fraud Microscope – microscope.co.uk (306 KB)

02/12/02		Credit Card Fraudsters Targeted by New Online Scheme Infosecnews.com (89.1 KB)	20/10/04		Police Take Action Over CNP Fraud Computer Trade Shopper(52.4 KB)

02/12/02		Credit Card Fraudsters Targeted by New Online Scheme Business Link Humber (136 KB)

Theregister.co.uk (219 KB)