Police charge five men with money laundering offences
Five men have been arrested and charged with money laundering offences after police seized £5.1 million in cash from an address in Fulham.
The charges have been made as a result of what is being described as a proactive operation by Specialist Crime officers. The exact location of the seizure has not been published.
On Wednesday, 15 July, 46-year-old Sergejs Auzins, of Windward Road, Rochester, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to conceal/disguise/convert/transfer/remove criminal property.
He appeared in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 16 July and has been remanded to appear in custody at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 14 August.
34-year-old Serwan Ahmadi, of Pycroft Way, Edmonton and 39-year-ol Ali Eshaghian, of Wilkinson Close, Cricklewood, Brent, were arrested and charged on Tuesday, 14 July with the same offence.
Both men appeared in custody at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 15 July and were remanded to appear at Harrow Crown Court on Wednesday, 12 August.
Previously, 35-year-old Ruslan Shamsutdinov, of Selcroft House, Glenister Road, Hackney and 55-year-old Aleksands Krasijevs, of Darenth Road, Welling, Kent, were arrested on Friday, 5 June and charged on Saturday, 6 June with similar offences.
July 21, 2020