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Grabbed by long arm of the law: fake cards crook threw from flat
Bo Wilson23 Oct 2009
A fraudster who turned his flat into a factory for a multi-million-pound credit card racket was caught red-handed trying to shred and dispose of the evidence.
Eamon Zada, 27, funded a jet-set life of expensive holidays, cars and jewellery with the money he gained in his role in the mass manufacture of counterfeit credit cards.
Specialist police tracked down a flat in Notting Hill as the hub of the operation and raided it.
They said they had to smash through a reinforced metal front door with multiple locks. On entering, officers said they found Zada surrounded by hi-tech equipment, hastily shredding credit cards.
He flung a bag of the counterfeit cards out of the window, only for it to be neatly caught by a police officer standing in the street.
Zada was arrested after the raid this year. He faces jail today after pleading guilty in August to three fraud charges, in a scam worth more than £1.5million.
Zada's part involved putting stolen electronic credit card data onto the magnetic strip of the fake cards. According to police sources, this was the last stage in the process of creating the fake cards that were intended to con banks around the world.
Further investigations by the unit have led to the recovery from the counterfeiters of more than 3,000 credit card numbers.
These had been issued by banks from Europe, North and South America and the Middle East. Mr Fisher added: "There is increasing concern at the level of credit card fraud in the UK with fraudsters racking up multiple offences.
"Individuals need to be cautious with how they use their credit cards and if they are defrauded, to report it to the police. Then we can we track down the criminals and provide the necessary support to the victims."
Zada is due to be sentenced today at Southwark crown court.
Reader views (4)
Bob, Stop turning this around. You should be deported too!
Jilly was simply guessing (and a pretty good one at that) and theres nothing to say she wasnt just talking about deporting criminals. We need less pathetic doogooders like yourself.
- George, West Yorks, 08/12/2009 23:22
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And he looks like such a nice person....NOT
- Danny, Essex, 26/10/2009 11:45
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Jilly, maybe I've missed something but where does it say that this guy isn't English? Or are you saying that we should re-patriate anyone who commits a crime?
- Bob, Cheam, 23/10/2009 12:20
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following conviction deport him, oh yes it would be against his human rights. What about our human rights to be protected from scum like this.
- Jilly, London, 23/10/2009 09:50
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