A Belarussian fraudster bit off more than he could chew when he started ordering his meals from Deliveroo to his flat in South Croydon by using one of his dodgy aliases.
Denis Kupcevich conned hundreds of thousands of pounds from bank customers until investigators tracked him down because of his food delivery orders.
Kupcevich, 43, has been jailed for more than three years after National Crime Agency cyber crime officers discovered that he was using stolen identities to commit fraud and open bank accounts through which he would launder the illicit earnings.
NCA officers linked banking details in the name of one of his aliases with Deliveroo deliveries to a flat in Baines Close, off Brighton Road.
A six-month surveillance operation followed Kupcevich’s moves between high-end hotels and residential properties in London and Poole. Continue reading
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