A Birmingham-based solicitor has been charged with money laundering offences, the National Crime Agency revealed today.
Akhmed Yakoob, 37, will appear with accountant Nabeel Afzal at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 17 June. Each will face three separate charges. Yakoob, of Perry Barr, and Azfal, of Edgbaston, both Birmingham, are accused of money laundering, encouraging money laundering, and contravening a requirement to apply customer due diligence measures when establishing a business relationship.
The offences are alleged to have been committed between 18 February 2020 and 08 January 2021.
According to the SRA register of solicitors, a practitioner named Akhmed Yakoob was admitted to the roll in May 2014.
