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Forger sent back to jail for breaching court order

A serial forger has been sent back to prison after being found guilty of breaching the terms of his Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO).

Sheriff Oki, 36, from Walthamstow was originally jailed in 2009 for conspiring to manufacture £5 million in high quality counterfeit  bank notes. Oki was also found to be in possession of an “assassins kit” of a loaded pistol, silencer and 50 rounds of ammunition. He was sentenced to 8 years for firearms offences and 21 months for counterfeiting.

As part of his sentence he was made subject to a SCPO designed to prevent him from getting involved in similar crime again. It placed restrictions on the number of bank accounts he could have  and put restrictions on his access to printing material, production equipment and computers.

However, in April 2014 when officers from the National Crime Agency searched properties linked to him in Walthamstow and Enfield they discovered a number of items that could be used for the purposes of forgery and he was banned from having, including computers, printers  and scanners, as well as USB sticks containing banking details and template European and UK identity documents.

They also found a number of counterfeit documents including a fake UK driving licence made using details on the USBs

Oki pleaded guilty to breaching the terms of his SCPO, fraud and identity offences, and he was sentenced to 10 years and nine months in prison on Thursday 5 November.

The judge also imposed a new more stringent SCPO that means Oki will have to  face further restrictions on his possession of identity documents and card making machinery on his release.

The Judge in his sentencing said Oki “was very close to launching a large scale fraud campaign” and was “a high and escalating risk to society.”

Paul Jenkins, Deputy Director of the NCA’s Organised Crime Command, said:

“This is an excellent result. Oki was prevented from committing large scale fraud against many victims. The fraud was uncovered due to the NCA’s monitoring of his Serious Crime Prevention Order and the investigation of breaches of that order.

“It demonstrates the power of SCPOs to disrupt serious organised crime and our determination to pursue those involved. Organised criminals should know that once they come on to our radar, they will never go off it again.”

 

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