Cop transfered money and pretended to be signatory in £720k investment scam

A former West Midlands Police superintendent posed as a bank account signatory in a £720,000 investment scam, a court heard. Syed Hussain, 54, who has since been sacked from the force, and Farah Ullah, 43, are charged with fraud and money laundering offences between November 2022 and April 2023. They were charged after a woman transferred £720,000 believing she would receive a substantial return. Hussain, of Barking, and Ullah, of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates court, Ullah in…