Eight-year sentence for 'Lord of fraud' after botched £229m heist

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"A "serial conman" who tried to extract £229m from a Japanese bank in the City was yesterday jailed for eight years.
Hugh Rodley, who claimed to be an aristocrat, almost pulled off the world's largest theft along with his team of hired 
Belgian hackers and international money launderers.

Accomplice David Nash, a Soho sex shop owner, was convicted of helping Rodley attempt to transfer the cash abroad and 
was given three years in prison."
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More at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/06/hugh-rodley-fraud

Juha-Matti

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