Ilyiea Ali, 42, was handed a 30-month jail sentence for stealing the huge sums of cash from a not-for-profit company where she was a head of finance. Tahmoor Khan, 33, demanded money from his victim, who went on to plunder £610,000 from International Security Forum Ltd between March 2015 and April 2016. Ali appeared back before the courts again yesterday for a proceeds of crime hearing, designed to compensate the victim's of the financial crime. A judge ordered Ali, from Birmingham, to repay a total of £662,727. Ms Senior said: 'Our statistics show that romance fraud can happen to anyone - with victims of all ages, sexes and professions targeted by the sophisticated criminals.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 11:10 UTC