2 jailed over money laundering

4:18pm 8th February 2010.

The last members of a money laundering gang - caught exchanging cash at Fleet Services - have been jailed.

Anwar Hardi and Hasiv Rashid were sentenced to three and one years, respectively, at Guildford Crown Court.

Hardi and Rashid were the last of a 13-strong gang who legitimised over £24 million for illegal businesses all over London and the South East.

The group would collect vast ammounts of sterling and exchange it for euros under the banner of their money services bureau.

They mostly exchanged money on the street, sometimes in cereals boxes and sometimes using wheelie trolleys stuffed with over £200,000.

Customs officers photographed them being handed cash at the Fleet services on the M3.

Last year, the other 11 members were sentenced to terms ranging from six months to six years behind bars.

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