‘TikTok lawyer’ Akhmed Yakoob accused of laundering millions of pounds

A criminal solicitor known as the ‘TikTok lawyer’ has denied laundering millions of pounds of dirty money. Akhmed Yakoob, 37, along with accountant Nabeel Afzal, 38, were charged with money laundering offences last month following an investigation by the National Crime Agency. Yakoob, a high profile lawyer in Birmingham, has nearly 213,000 followers on TikTok and has generated 6.4 million likes. In the bio he calls himself ‘Lawyer/The Best’ and ‘Not a magician but a legal tactician.’ Yakoob and Afzal…