Scam phone call gang jailed

[Osem]

Eight men from London have been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of more than £1m.

Police say some of the money funded travel from the UK to Syria. There are fears some of those who travelled had links to so-called Islamic State.

Gang leader Makzhumi Abukar was jailed for seven years and four months, alongside accomplices including former X Factor contestant Nathan Fagan-Gayle.

Some of the 140 victims - the oldest of whom was 94 - lost as much as £130,000.

Passing sentence at the Old Bailey, Judge Anuja Dhir said that none of the convicted men had shown any genuine remorse.

She told the men their crimes would have a "devastating and lasting impact" on the victims, whose average age was 83.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36205411

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[alanbjames]

They should have phones installed in their cells and bombarded with nuisance calls.

[nashville]

So glad they have been caught,

[Taf]

I think they should also be jailed for supporting terrorism, with no time knocked off for good behaviour.

[nashville]

I agree Taf,

[Ken W]

Originally Posted by alanbjames

They should have phones installed in their cells and bombarded with nuisance calls.

Better still seize all their assets and give them at least 1000 lashes at a rate of 100 per day over continues days then chain them up and through them in the dungeon.