Bank fraudsters ‘lived like Premier League footballers’

Two fraudsters who fleeced bank customers out of nearly £500,000 to live ‘Premier League footballers’ lifestyles’ are behind bars. Desmond Amoako, 30, and Sami Ebraheem, 29, carried out hundreds of ‘sim swaps’ – replacing bank customers’ sim cards with replacements that allowed them to take over victims’ phones. The pair also sent ‘phishing’ and ‘smishing’ emails or texts to dupe people into handing over personal information in the scam which netted a total of £457,000. In a ‘sim swap’ scam,…