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Gang Of Nigerian Fraudsters Face Jail For £10m Scam In UK - Crime

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jail for using the identities of MPs, judges and police officers to con the taxpayer out of more than £10m 

By Alex Matthews For Mailonline01:35 BST 27 Jun 2017, updated 10:16 BST 27 Jun 2017
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  • Scammers used stolen personal details from Civil Service Sports Council
  • Gang stole £2,500,000 before staff at HMRC spotted abnormal claims
  • Adedamola Oyebode and Oluwatobe Emmanuel Odeyemi ran scheme
  • Pair worked with Oluwagbenga Stephen Odeyemi and Kayode Sanni
Pictured: Fraudster Kayode Sanni, 38, arriving at the Old Bailey today
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Pictured: Fraudster Kayode Sanni, 38, arriving at the Old Bailey today
A gang of Nigerian fraudsters are facing jail for for using the identities of MPs, judges and police officers during a £10million scam.
The crew stole personal details from the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC), to make fraudulent claims over a four-year period.

Member lists were ‘stolen to order’ from CSSC and used to place orders for tax credit starter packs used in fraudulent claims over a four year period.
The gang managed to get away with nearly £2,500,000 before staff at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs spotted the ‘extraordinarily high rate’ of claims being made by civil servants.
If the scam had not been stopped it could have reaped more than £10,260,525.
CSSC events manager Adedamola Oyebode, 30, stole membership lists and passed them on to her brothers-in-law Oluwatobe Emmanuel Odeyemi, 34, and Oluwagbenga Stephen Odeyemi, 39, who ran the fraud with Kayode Sanni, 38.
Sanni, an illegal immigrant, denied being involved in the fraud and told Old Bailey jurors ‘my conscience is clear’ as he stood trial alone.
But he was convicted of one count of conspiracy to become knowingly concerned in a fraudulent act between 10 March 2009 and 11 June 2013.

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