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| Five men go on trial over scam thought to fund extremism | |
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| Five men have gone on trial in connection with a scam believed to have funded extremists travelling to Syria. | |
| Vulnerable pensioners were tricked out of more than £600,000 by fake police officers in a so-called "vishing" scam, the jury at the Old Bailey heard. | Vulnerable pensioners were tricked out of more than £600,000 by fake police officers in a so-called "vishing" scam, the jury at the Old Bailey heard. |
| The men are accused of calling up 18 elderly people, posing as police officers investigating financial crime. | The men are accused of calling up 18 elderly people, posing as police officers investigating financial crime. |
| It is alleged the five convinced their victims to transfer money or hand over cash to a courier for "safekeeping". | It is alleged the five convinced their victims to transfer money or hand over cash to a courier for "safekeeping". |
| Mohamed Dahir, 23; Sakaria Aden, 21; Yasser Abukar, 23; and Ibrahim Farah, 23, all from north London - deny conspiracy to commit fraud between May 2014 and May 2015. | |
| Mohammed Abokar, 28, from north London, denies a charge of converting criminal property. | |
| The men are accused of taking part in the scam between 2014 and 2015, which targeted pensioners aged in their 70s, 80s and 90s from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Bedfordshire, London and Kent. | The men are accused of taking part in the scam between 2014 and 2015, which targeted pensioners aged in their 70s, 80s and 90s from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Bedfordshire, London and Kent. |
| They were arrested in May by the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism team after raids on seven addresses in London and one in Luton. | They were arrested in May by the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism team after raids on seven addresses in London and one in Luton. |
| It is thought the money gained as a result of the scam went to fund extremists travelling abroad to fight for the Islamic State group. | It is thought the money gained as a result of the scam went to fund extremists travelling abroad to fight for the Islamic State group. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |