Two men who scammed vulnerable people have been jailed
The pair who targeted elderly people have been sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court
Mohammed Zaman Ahmed, aged 26 and of Quex Road, Kilburn, London, and Kawsar Ahmed, aged 25 and of Sydenham Hill Estate in Lewisham, London, were part of a group of six men who defrauded vulnerable victims across the country out of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Gloucester Police began investigating them after discovering a victim in Cirencester.
They have been sentenced to three years and eight months, and four years imprisonment respectively.
Ahmed and Ahmed had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud in 2021.
The men pretended to be police officers as part of their scam and told victims of a fraud investigation that had identified counterfeit currency being transferred into their bank accounts.
Victims were encouraged to remove thousands of pounds form their accounts immediately in order to hand it over to a "courier" sent by "the police".
Most of the victims were over the age of 75, with two aged 99. Some of them were terminally ill, recently widowed or had dementia and other age related issues.
Detective Inspector Matt Phillips, from the Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: “We’re pleased that these men have now been sentenced for the misery they caused so many vulnerable and elderly people.
“This result is testimony to the immense hard work from many officers at Gloucestershire Constabulary, who went above and beyond to ensure that we could show just how low these men were willing to stoop."