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Fraudsters who carried out personal protective equipment (PPE) scams during the Covid-19 pandemic have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on luxury cars, watches and home renovations.
Jogesh Bhandari, 59, and Craig Morris, 43, were charged at Leicester Crown Court on Wednesday with two counts of fraud by false representation and concealing and transferring criminal property.
Meenakashi Bhandari, 48, was found guilty of concealing and transferring criminal property. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the group could supply millions of nitrile gloves.
In the year They will be sentenced on August 21.
The NCA said bank records showed Jogesh Bhandari and his wife Meenakashi Bhandari, of Mitchell Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, used the money to buy Rolexes, jewellery, holiday packages and cars.
Jogesh spent £126,000 on a new Porsche while other cash was spent on kitchen renovations, the NCA said.
According to the NCA, Jogesh owned and controlled a company set up to buy and sell nitrile gloves in 2020 and assisted Morris in several fraudulent deals in 2020 and 2021.
The agency provided Jogesh with numerous false documents to potential suppliers, including up to $125 million worth of bank statements and letters of confirmation for businesses to do business with him.
