Friday, November 24, 2006

Three found guilty in credit card counterfeiting trial

The jury in the credit card counterfeiting trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court has found the three accused men guilty on all 16 counts by unanimous verdicts tonight.

Detective Sergeant Declan O’Sullivan said afterwards: “We welcome the verdict of the jury. This was a significant blow to organised international credit card fraud.”

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin also put on record the reason for the mysterious disappearance of one of the three accused, Ali Raza, half way through the trial.

“To use a colloquialism, he did a runner.”

He will lose his €10,000 bail.

Mohammed Khaleed, 25, of 40 Gilbey Yard, London, Mohammed Majid, 37, of 15 Jones Road, London, and Ali Raza, 48, of 2 Knotts Green Road, Leyton, London, were found guilty by unanimous verdicts after five hours of deliberation, following almost three weeks of evidence.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin adjourned sentencing until tomorrow.

He remanded Khaleed and Majid in custody until then.

A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of Raza who disappeared in the middle of the trial.

Two of the charges relate to having an electronic device for reading and writing the magnetic strip data on a card with the intention of using it in connection with theft or fraud, and 14 charges relate to having plastic cards with magnetic strips to be used in a theft.

All charges relate to Saturday, June 3, at 28 Elmvale Avenue, Wilton, Cork.

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