Cash from bank swindle laundered through a pizza joint

A banker defrauded clients of more than £600,000 and laundered the cash through a friend’s pizza restaurant, a court heard. Metro Bank worker Muhammud Zubair Miah, 30, allegedly swindled the cash by faking emails from customer Guoquan Zhu in September 2017. Miah then forward the stolen funds to friend Syed Zaheer Hussain, 34, via his company Fresco Pizzeria and Grill who in turn forwarded it on to his associates. Washed Arshad, 38, Fawad Barlas, 35, together with Omran Aziz 43,…