Gulam Ahmed secured an acquittal for former NatWest Senior Personal Banker

Gulam Ahmed secured an acquittal for a former NatWest Senior Personal Banker who had been charged with a number of frauds after a retrial which lasted 6 weeks.

It was alleged that AS abused his position by facilitating fraudulent transactions against genuine customers who were victims of fraud. The defendant was alleged to be part of a team of fraudsters who used the identities of genuine customers to steal hundreds of thousands from NatWest. The case concerned complex NatWest internal procedures and its implementation. Gulam was able to demonstrate his client followed procedure and what was at fault was the way in which NatWest procedure were applied at this branch.

Gulam led Mumin Hashim and was instructed by Ash Ali of Ashman’s Solicitors Complex Crime Team.