Man cleared of involvement in £300,000 bank fraud

  A man accused of involvement in a £300,000 bank fraud walked free from court after charges were dropped against him today (tues). Dennis Bean, 66, was formally cleared of conspiracy to defraud and one count of money laundering at Southwark Crown Court. He had been charged alongside police worker Thomas Dappa, 40, who works in the Met’s Referencing and Vetting Unit. Dappa denies one count of conspiracy to defraud and one count of money laundering alongside codefendants Ahmed Otun,…