Two 'window cleaners' who made over a million pounds in two years while running a ‘sophisticated’ operation churning out fake driving UK licences which were sold to illegal immigrants and criminals were jailed today.
Bilal Iqbal, 25, and Ummad Ahmed, 32, ran 'a very large scale commercial and very profitable enterprise' which used social media to advertise the fake licences for as little as £60, with a fast-track service available for an extra £40.
The pair are known to have produced the high-quality bogus documents for at least 5,000 people but National Crime Agency investigators believe it could have been as many as 40,000.
Alongside incriminating footage on Iqbal’s phone of licences being posted to customers were 'many videos' revealing the luxury lifestyle the men enjoyed, with high-end watches, designer clothes, restaurant bills, expensive cars and lavish holidays on display.
The vast sums of cash the men made was paid to ‘money mules’ who allowed their bank accounts to be used before the money were laundered through a window cleaning business called Sparkle Up Ltd, where Ahmed was listed as director.
