Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
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4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A serial crook who ‘took a wrecking ball’ to the lives of vulnerable pensioners in a sophisticated banking con has been jailed for ten years.
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who → take → years
Azeem Mohammed was central to a so-called ‘vishing’ scam which saw eight OAPs swindled out of a total of almost £1.2million.
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OAPs → call → 1.2million
The 35-year-old even sent a gloating message to the daughter of one 89-year-old victim saying: ‘I scammed your father [out] of £165k.’
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I → send → 165k
At the High Court in Glasgow on Friday, Mohammed admitted eight fraud charges.
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Mohammed → admit → charges
The crimes took place between 2022 and 2024 against OAPs mainly based in Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
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crimes → take → Aberdeen
A ‘vishing’ fraud is where crooks trick people into giving away sensitive information.
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crooks → trick → information
The court was told the victims were aged 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88 and 89.
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victims → tell → ?
They lost sums ranging from £19,500 up to £333,292.
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They → lose → 333,292
Azeem Mohammed scammed victims out of £1.2million
Victims would normally get calls supposedly from their bank’s fraud team claiming their account was hacked.
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account → scamme → team
They would then be given ‘instructions’ that led to them losing their cash.
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them → give → cash
One victim had £165,000 stolen from his account in May 2022.
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165,000 → have → May
Prosecutor Ruaraidh Ferguson said: ‘The man’s daughter was on holiday in Australia when she received an email from an address she associated with her father.
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she → say → father
‘These emails were abusive and included the message “I scammed your father of £165k”.’
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I → include → 165k
Among his other victims, Mohammed went on to hound a 79-year-old man who had £333,292 stolen over a number of weeks.
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333,292 → go → weeks
He was identified during a large-scale probe by the City of London Police.
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He → identify → Police
The crook’s then home in Manchester was searched in April 2024.
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home → search → April
Mr Ferguson said: ‘Two phones were seized and found to contain information concerning each of the victims, pieces of their personal information and their banking arrangements.’
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phones → say → information
Lord Arthurson told him he was involved in ‘targeted and predatory’ offences.
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he → tell → offences
The judge added: ‘This case represents one of the worst frauds of this nature to come before the courts with multiple, very real victims and, similarly real, quantifiable loss.’
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case → add → victims
Mohammed was previously jailed for six years in England in 2024 after scamming £1million from other elderly victims in the same manner.
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Mohammed → jail → manner
He was hit with another almost four-year term at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in February 2026 for his role in another ‘fraudulent scheme’.
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He → hit → scheme
The latest ten-year term will run from this week.
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term → run → week
Lord Arthurson added: ‘You are a serial and committed fraudster – a professional scammer.
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You → add → ?
‘You pursued a despicable criminal project against some of the most vulnerable in our society, taking a wrecking ball to their lives, their families and the wider community.’
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You → pursue → lives
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