Overview
- Solicitor Akhmed Yakoob and accountant Nabeel Afzal denied money laundering, encouraging money laundering and breaching customer due diligence requirements.
- They entered their not guilty pleas at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 17, 2025.
- The charges arise from a National Crime Agency investigation into alleged laundering of millions of pounds between February 2020 and January 2021.
- Both defendants were granted unconditional bail and are scheduled to appear at Southwark Crown Court on July 15, 2025.
- Yakoob, who ran as an independent in the West Midlands mayoral race and the 2024 general election, also represented clients in a 2024 Greater Manchester Police incident at Manchester Airport.