Crime bosses helped 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin and one of country's most wanted evade with dodgy passports
Two crime bosses and members of a gang who supplied fraudulent passports - including to 'Premier League' cocaine kingpin Michael Moogan - have been convicted following an investigation spanning five years.
He spent eight years on the run after learning the National Crime Agency were after him. He was eventually arrested in Dubai in 2021 and was last week jailed for 12 years at Manchester Crown Court. Beard, from Sydenham, London, was an expert in FOGs and NCA officers believe he had been procuring them for 20 years. 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.
Between them, charges were brought for offences of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to make a false instrument with intent , and money laundering.
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