Ricky George Facing Prison

Ricky George is facing a prison sentence for 'serious money-laundering about a fake house sale' which caused the victim to lose £250,000.

The former Hereford United player, who scored against Newcastle in that famous FA Cup game, was convicted of the offence at St Albans court two weeks ago.

According to iNews, George used his son Alan to receive £120,000 of the stolen money. Another £110,000 was withdrawn in cash.

The trial was originally reported by 'my local news' but no connection was made to George being a former Hereford player at the time.

Adam George, aged 40, of Burleigh Road, St Albans, and his father Richard George, aged 72, of Hadley Grove, Barnet, laundered money through their bank accounts, which were the proceeds of a fraudulent house sale. A third man, Charles Jogi, was also convicted for the same offence.

Adam George received £120,000 into a business account from his father, Richard George. The money was then laundered through his own bank account and that of his father and Charles Jogi, his father’s friend. The money was part of a fraud, in which a house was sold for £250,000 without the knowledge or consent of the unwitting owner.

Adam George was sentenced to 15 month in prison and Richard George was sentenced to two years in prison under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Charles Jogi, aged 57, of Hill Close, Stanmore, was also sentenced under the Proceeds of Crime Act and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work. He was also given a community order.

Investigator Alan Mordey, from Hertfordshire Constabulary’s Serious Fraud and Cybercrime Unit, said: “The house was sold without the owner’s knowledge and the purchaser lost £250,000, which led him to have a heart attack when he found out he was a victim of the fraud, which he thankfully survived. The fraudster used fake ID, which was verified by a solicitor, to get the housing deeds from the Land Registry. He then used a different solicitor to conduct the sale. On the behest of Richard George, Adam George accepted the money into his company account and dispersed it as directed by his father. Of the £120,000, £110,000 was withdrawn in cash by the three of them and passed to an unknown third party.“

 

Not so many people know him as Richard Stuart George, which is why it went unnoticed a fortnight ago when he was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court to two years in jail for his part in a serious fraud involving money-laundering and a fake house sale that caused its victim to lose £250,000 and almost his life. George used his eldest son, Adam, as part of the crime: asking him to receive £120,000 of the stolen money into his company account and directing him to disperse it accordingly; £110,000 was withdrawn in cash and handed to an unknown third party. Read more: Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool underworld and why managing Rangers will not faze him Adam, 40, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role. Ricky’s friend Charles Jogi, 57, was also convicted and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and given a community order. But the man who posed as the house owner and defrauded the victim remains unidentified by police and at large.

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/ricky-george-hereford-newcastle-united-giantkiller-jail-prison-fa-cup/

Not so many people know him as Richard Stuart George, which is why it went unnoticed a fortnight ago when he was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court to two years in jail for his part in a serious fraud involving money-laundering and a fake house sale that caused its victim to lose £250,000 and almost his life. George used his eldest son, Adam, as part of the crime: asking him to receive £120,000 of the stolen money into his company account and directing him to disperse it accordingly; £110,000 was withdrawn in cash and handed to an unknown third party. Read more: Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool underworld and why managing Rangers will not faze him Adam, 40, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role. Ricky’s friend Charles Jogi, 57, was also convicted and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and given a community order. But the man who posed as the house owner and defrauded the victim remains unidentified by police and at large.

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/ricky-george-hereford-newcastle-united-giantkiller-jail-prison-fa-cup/

George used his eldest son, Adam, as part of the crime: asking him to receive £120,000 of the stolen money into his company account and directing him to disperse it accordingly; £110,000 was withdrawn in cash and handed to an unknown third party. Read more: Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool underworld and why managing Rangers will not faze him Adam, 40, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role. Ricky’s friend Charles Jogi, 57, was also convicted and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and given a community order.

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/ricky-george-hereford-newcastle-united-giantkiller-jail-prison-fa-cup/