The Crown Prosecution Service has charged two people following allegations of an investment scam where a woman transferred £720,000 believing she would receive a substantial return.
Farah Ullah, 43, has been charged with fraud and two counts of transferring criminal property while Syed Hussain, 54, a former West Midlands Police superintendent who has since been dismissed, has been charged with fraud and transferring criminal property. Both are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 July. Crown Prosecution Service special crime division head Malcolm McHaffie said the charges relate to alleged offending between November 2022 and April 2023 "Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to court and tha...
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