article_snippet: Nearly 80 bank accounts linked to the gang have been frozen and six vehicles seized along with the boat and properties valued at nearly £600,000.
article_snippet: The scam sounds very crude but we estimate the fraudsters were making between £35 and £35,000 from victims and the fraud was netting between £3.5 million and £4.5 million a year. '
article_snippet: The next level up were front men paid to open bank accounts so The next level up made it more difficult to find out where the money had gone. '
article_snippet: front men paid to open bank accounts would receive commissions on the transfers of up to £360...
article_snippet: Much of the money had been banked in offshore accounts.