A BRIERFIELD man has been jailed for six months for his part in a money laundering scam which netted him £10,000.

Burnley Crown Court heard that Mohammed Ali, 37, of Walter Street, admitted his account was used to receive £10,000 which was transferred by a victim after she was defrauded over the phone.

Ali had claimed he was befriended in Colne by a Spanish couple who bought him drinks and persuaded him to use his bank account to accept the transfer of cash.

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He said he was promised a reward of £200. The offence took place on May 21, 2015.

After the money was transferred Ali attempted to withdraw the cash from a NatWest branch but was denied access when he told a bank worker the money was not for him.

He later withdrew euros equivalent to £5,845 from a branch of Thomas Cook which has never been recovered.

Police recovered £4,100 from his account and the bank recompensed the victim the remainder of money defrauded.

Judge Beverley Lunt said such scams could not succeed without people willing to use their bank accounts and said Ali ‘knew exactly was he was doing’.