Mitica Agigeanu residing in Great Yarmouth showed up before Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday and confessed to being involved in two incidents of the acquisition/retention or use or control of criminal property.He was ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and was sentenced to reimburse a total of £4,798 to the two victims.
The court took notice of how Agigeanu’s bank account details were shared with the two victims by an imposter posing to be from HMRC and the Royal Courts of Justice on 3rd September 2020.The imposter told the victims that due to a tax miscalculation they were liable to pay back the organization or else they could be arrested and fined £75,000.Worried about the outcomes of not paying, the victims, 37 and 45, deposited £2,906 and £1,892 into Agigeanu’s bank account, which they were led to believe was HMRC’s.
The court took notice of how Agigeanu’s bank account exhibited consistent and sound activity until 19 April 2019 but became inoperative until 31 August 2020. It showed activity between 31 August to 5 September 2020. But then it lay dormant again.
PC David Moran, who was handling the case, stated: ‘Agigeanu may not have benefited monetarily through these frauds but he was willing to give the details of a bank account he no longer used, no doubt in exchange for money, for the scammers to use to deceive individuals out of thousands of pounds.‘It’s correct that he is held liable for his involvement in this crime, and I hope it provides some guarantee that we take this type of scam very seriously, and will act, investigate and prosecute any individual for their part in stealing money from others.’
