article_snippet: Neil Moore posed as bank staff from Barclays, Lloyds and the Bank of America to fool large companies in the UK and US, including Thomas Exchange Global, into handing over around £1,819,000 between February 2012 and November 2013.
article_snippet: Moore often fooled firms into believing Moore was calling from firms bank with concerns that firms accounts may have been hijacked by criminals.
article_snippet: Moore pretended to work for the fraud teams in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America and Bank of New York.
article_snippet: After carefully researching the firms and banks Moore would convince Moore targets into handing over bank details or transfer funds into 'safe' accounts that were under Moore control.
article_snippet: Moore's elaborate deception finally began to unravel in July 2012 when Moore was arrested in a hire car in central London.
article_snippet: Moore was quizzed about CCTV footage showing Moore withdrawing large sums of cash from banks in central London and large deposits from the firms Moore defrauded.