Overview
- Habeeb Ajaga, 21, admitted two counts of encouraging or assisting indictable offences under Section 46.
- Southwark Crown Court on 16 October 2025 imposed a 16-month prison sentence suspended for two years.
- HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service began investigating Instagram posts in 2022 and worked with the platform to remove an account before identifying a second account.
- Investigators traced both accounts to Ajaga and interviewed him under caution in September 2024 before his guilty pleas in August 2025.
- HMRC described the outcome as a landmark case and urged reports via GOV.UK or the 0800 788 887 hotline, citing ongoing investment in IT security.