Money laundering gang sentenced over £5 million cash-seizure which is Met’s biggest ever
Rachael Davis, 29 May 2021
A gang of men has been sentenced to nearly ten years in jail after £5 million in criminal cash was seized from an apartment in Fulham. The three men were sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Friday, May 28, after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy to conceal/disguise/convert/transfer/remove criminal property.
The Metropolitan Police ‘s long-running operation to tackle organised crime in the capital is targeting gun crime and large scale Class A drug supply. This bust has put a large scale money launderer behind bars, which the Met says will have a “major impact” on organised crime.
Last year, prolific money launderer Sergejs Auzins, 46, of Windward Road in Rochester was identified during the operation, and officers established that he was taking large quantities of cash to an address in Fulham.
On Friday June 5, 2020, 36-year-old Ruslan Shamsutdinov of Selcroft House, Glenister Road, Hackney was seen leaving the apartment in Porteus Apartments, Fulham, noticeably struggling to carry heavy bags.
He put them into a nearby parked car, but officers stopped him and found the bags contained a “considerable amount” of cash.
A search of the West London apartment uncovered further cash and a well-organised money laundering system.
