Crime gang trafficked vulnerable teenage girls and forced them to use false receipts to steal £500k from shops
| Published date | 11 February 2022 |
| Publication title | MyLondon (England) |
Many of the victims were recruited while housed in foster placements or semi-independent supported facilities. Some had frequently been reported missing by their families. Following a three-week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, on February, 10, Eva Dambrauskaite, 21, was found guilty of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of children for the purposes of exploitation.
As well as two counts of conspiracy to defraud; concealing/converting/transferring criminal property, possession of articles for use in fraud, and possession of cannabis. At a previous hearing on 20 May 2021 at the same court, Isaiah Olugosi, 38, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of children for the purposes of exploitation; two counts of conspiracy to defraud; concealing/converting/transferring criminal property, and possession of articles for use in fraud.
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Holly Olugosi 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to concealing/converting/transferring criminal property. A third member of the group pleaded guilty to their role at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 17 December 2021. Baran Karamagara, 22, from Tottenham, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of children for the purposes of exploitation and two counts of conspiracy to defraud. All four are due to appear at the same court for sentencing at a date yet to be confirmed.
The ‘team leaders’ would trick or coerce the girls into joining their criminal enterprise, before Olugosi and his ‘drivers’ would transport them across the UK via pre-planned routes to target branches of each retailer. The court heard that between January 2018 and March 2020, Isiah Olugosi orchestrated a large-scale fraud enterprise targeting branches of two established retailers across the UK.
Olugosi quickly began to build up a network of trusted associates including ‘team leaders’ and ‘drivers’ who were willing to partake in this criminal enterprise across the country. Olugosi’s appointed ‘team leaders’ were Eva Dambrauskaite and Baran Karamagara who were tasked...
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