Christopher Zietek and Anthony Beard provided the fraudulently-obtained passports to 'some of the UK's most heinous criminals'
Two crime bosses who helped supply the likes of cocaine kingpin Michael Moogan with fraudulently-obtained genuine passports have had their sentences increased.
"The increase in their prison sentences adequately reflects the severity of their offending and the harm it did in the UK and beyond. This case demonstrates our commitment to dismantling all types of organised crime groups that pose a threat to the UK public." He was involved in every aspect of organising and applying for the passports, including collecting application forms and planning the details to be provided by the applicant and the counter-signatory. His fingerprints were found on many of the forms, and contact numbers he included were for numerous burner phones he operated.
The NCA captured audio recordings in Zietek’s house of incriminating conversations with Beard and others about the application processes and their customers. Officers also observed meetings with identity donors or counter-signatories, analysed reams of mobile phone and cell site data, and deployed undercover officers to deliver some of the passports.
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