Money mule tells court she thought she was working for UAE royal family

A woman smuggled a suitcase full of cash to dubai Was told she was working for the UAE royal familythe court heard.

Beatrice Auty, 26, was recruited by Leeds mother-of-two Michelle Clarke as a “courier” for gold trading company Omnvivest, which Involves her traveling from the Middle East to the Middle East London In July 2020, Heathrow Airport was laden with cash.

She became part of a cash smuggling ring that included Jo-Emma Larvin, former glamor model and former partner of Joe Calzaghewho brought in £100m of dirty money to be laundered at a desert resort.

The gang have been accused of transferring criminal property from the UK, which they all deny.

Ottie, who appeared in court on Friday, wearing a cream dress and gray blazer, said Michelle Clarke was with her former partner Mark Clarke after she was made redundant due to the Covid-19 pandemic De Nick (Mark Cladnick) got in touch.

Otti said she was told by her ex-partner that she would work for the UAE royal family, Michelle Clarke, the wife of a close friend of his.

“She called me and introduced herself as one of Mark’s friends.

“She looked lovely and told me she was a mother who worked for SKY as an assistant assistant and left that job to work for a gold trading company called ‘Omnivest’ and she is now in charge of their recruitment.”

Defending Auty, Johnathon Green asked: “What question did you ask Michelle Clarke?”

‘ I said, what is the essence of the Omnivest? Basically what the company is…I understand it as buying and selling gold…Michelle Clarke said the boss is in Dubai.

“I asked who the owner was and I was told it was a man named Sheikh Abdulla Alfalsi,” Auty said.

“How do you understand the name Sheikh?” Mr Green asked.

“My understanding is that it means someone in the royal family,” Ottie replied.

Auty said she was told that Sheikh Abdulla Alfalsi was the owner of the company.

“I googled Omnivest, they are a gold trading company. Then I googled ‘Sheikh Abdulla Alafalsi’ and it turned out to be part of ‘The House of Alfalsi’,” Auty said.

“Do you know who the ‘Alfalsi family’ are?” asked Mr. Green.

“As far as I know, there is a strong connection to a ruling family in Dubai,” Otti said.

“Does that prove any guarantee?” Green asked.

“It does, yes,” Ottie said.

The court heard that Otti made her first trip to Dubai in July 2020 when Michelle Clarke directed her to a Starbucks in Knightsbridge, where she met company driver Karim.

After meeting Karim, Ottie heads to a townhouse in Knightsbridge.

“A man came out of the house, and he came out with suitcases, maybe three or four,” Ottie said.

Auty said the man was named Toby and she had heard he had been working for the company.

“Is Toby in the car?” asked Mr. Green

‘No. He packed the suitcases and came over to where I was sitting, shook my hand, introduced himself and said “Have a nice trip,” Auty said.

“Do you have any sense that something is wrong?” Mr. Green asked.

“No, if I did, I wouldn’t be going to the airport,” Ottie said.

Fulham’s Ottie charged with transporting criminal property.

Auty, next to Former Glamor Model Jo-Emma LarvinLarvin’s partners, Jonathan Johnson, 55, Amy Harrison, 27, and Liam Rabone, 29, all deny removing criminal property from the UK.

jurors heard before Rabone was recruited by his 32-year-old “best friend” Hanlon in July 2020.

A video Hanlon sent to Rabone shows Hanlon visiting the luxury hotel room where she was housed by the group.

Information exchanged between Hanlon and Rabone from July 2020, read in court today, detailed Rabone’s concerns about the amount of cash he was asked to deliver.

One of the messages read: “The only thing I suspect is cash. It’s actually illegal to move six figure cash.

Hanlon replied: “You can’t talk about it here, I don’t know the ins and outs…but yeah, a lot lol.”

Jurors also heard how Rabone was briefed and recruited to the scene after participating in a Zoom call with Hanlon and Clarke.

The court previously heard that the total amount of cash taken from the UK over the 83 trips was “in the order of £100m”.

After the call, Rabone sent Hanlon a message on July 16, 2020 saying, “Sounds great, I don’t see why it’s an issue, I’ve been researching around it, so keep going!” Let’s fuck Do this and let’s make some money.

Millions of pounds worth of British and Scottish notes were packed in suitcases checked in as luggage, a court heard.

The couriers were paid £3,000 plus all their expenses to travel to Dubai before flying back to Dubai with “very light” suitcases, jurors heard.

Prosecutors said anything over €10,000 leaving the EU had to be declared to HMRC, but smugglers often contained up to £500,000 in their suitcases.

The court heard that organizer Abdulla Alfalasi, 47, arranged 83 successful trips over 18 months, with the defendants taking part in 16 and two unsuccessful trips.

The total amount of cash removed from the UK over the 83 trips was “in the order of £100m”, the court heard.

Trial continues.