An Indian-origin man has been sentenced for a total of 11 years after being found guilty of laundering 3.5 million pounds of criminal funds.
Harkishan Talwar from Southall in west London received two sentences of eight and three years to run concurrently by the Old Bailey court in London on Friday for laundering criminal funds over a four-month period.
The 44-year-old’s accomplice, Muhammad Khan, was tried in his absence after breaching his bail conditions in July 2013 by fleeing the country.
He was found guilty of laundering 1.4 million pounds and sentenced to one year in prison.
“Khan and Talwar were making a lot of money by laundering millions of pounds on behalf of criminals and in doing so played a vital and significant role in enabling serious criminal behaviour,” said City of London Police’s investigating officer, detective constable James Nellist.