Money transfer firm was front for money laundering

A money transfer manager laundered dirty cash for a Colombian crook who melted down stolen jewels to sell to a Hatton Garden gold dealer for £1.5m, a court heard. Solange Sima, 58, is said to have helped Arvey Vargas send £74,000 to the South American country ‘off the books’. The money was allegedly funneled through LCC International Money Transfer UK (LCC) between 21 August 2012 and 20 September 2012. Prosecutors claim Solange ‘knew or suspected’ the cash was part of…