An organised criminal gang who pretended to be police officers and preyed on elderly victims in a fraud involving more than £400,000 were jailed today (10 June 2022).
Muhammed Rahman, 28, Shoriful Islam, 25, Mohammed Hussain, 25, Mohammed Maarjan, 23, were sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court to a total of 21 years imprisonment for courier fraud offences. They had previously pleaded guilty to these offences on 06 August 2021 and 10 November 2021, after Gloucestershire Police and the CPS Specialist Fraud Division brought a strong case to court.