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Gang jailed over pensioner phone scam Gang jailed over pensioner phone scam
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A gang has been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of thousands of pounds. Eight men from London have been jailed for a phone scam that defrauded UK pensioners out of more than £1 million.
Gang leader Makzhumi Abukar was sentenced to seven years and four months. Police say some of the money funded travel from the UK to Syria.
Sakaria Aden was jailed for six-and-a-half years, Yasser Abukar got six years, Ahmed Ahmed four years and two months, and Mohamed Dahir 21 months. Gang leader Makzhumi Abukar was jailed for seven years and four months, alongside accomplices including former X Factor contestant Nathan Fagan-Gayle.
The group, sentenced at the Old Bailey, will serve half their sentences before being eligible for release on licence. Some of the 140 victims - the oldest of whom was 94 - lost as much as £130,000 and now rely on money from family members.
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.
She praised detectives from Scotland Yard's counter terrorism command who brought the men to justice.
The sentences were:
They will all serve half their sentences before being eligible for release on licence.
Fagan-Gayle received £20,000 from the scam and went on a spending spree.