Two Royal Mail workers have been accused of stealing £750,000 from parcels and sending the money to Pakistan. Mehdi Raza, 38, and Zafran Mahmood, 34, allegedly stole the cash between January 2023 and September 2024 while working as agency workers at the Royal Mail in Glasgow's Dennistoun.
Court papers claim the men took special delivery parcels containing mobile phones and £750,000 in cash or foreign currency. A second allegation states that Raza was found in possession of £159,842 of criminal property at his home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, on September 16, 2024.
The pair are accused of repeatedly transferring money between themselves and from Scotland to Pakistan. They allegedly pretended to Barclays Bank that property in Pakistan had been sold at a value greater than the actual sale price to conceal the source of the money. They also claimed to have sold two motor vehicles when they had not.
A final fraud charge alleges that Raza made false claims to justify his income and maintain his Barclays Bank account. Mahmood, of Knightswood, Glasgow, and Raza pleaded not guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court. A further hearing is scheduled for next month.
