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Four men have appeared in court over an alleged attempt to take control of computers at a Santander bank branch and steal millions of pounds. | Four men have appeared in court over an alleged attempt to take control of computers at a Santander bank branch and steal millions of pounds. |
It is claimed one of the plotters posed as an engineer in an attempt to fit a computer in a London branch of Santander with a "keyboard video mouse" device that allowed them to transmit its desktop contents. | It is claimed one of the plotters posed as an engineer in an attempt to fit a computer in a London branch of Santander with a "keyboard video mouse" device that allowed them to transmit its desktop contents. |
The gang allegedly tried to use the gadget to take control of computers at the branch in Surrey Quays shopping centre in south-east London. | |
The attempt failed and the Spanish bank said they were unable to steal any money. | |
Lanre Mullins-Abudu, 25, from Putney, south-west London, Dean Outram, 34, from north-west London, Akash Vaghela, 27, from Hounslow, west London, and Asad Ali Qureshi, 35, from south-west London, spoke only to confirm their names and details at Westminister magistrates' court charged with conspiracy to steal. | Lanre Mullins-Abudu, 25, from Putney, south-west London, Dean Outram, 34, from north-west London, Akash Vaghela, 27, from Hounslow, west London, and Asad Ali Qureshi, 35, from south-west London, spoke only to confirm their names and details at Westminister magistrates' court charged with conspiracy to steal. |
Mullins-Abudu, Outram and Quereshi were remanded in custody by District Judge Howard Riddle while Vaghela was granted conditional bail. | |
All four will appear at Southwark crown court on September 27. Eight other people have been bailed to a date in mid-November pending further inquiries. | |
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