'Lavender Hill Mob' get 26 years

The Evening Standard (London, England) | January 20, 2000 | Copyright

A GANG of master forgers nicknamed The Lavender Hill Mob were jailed for a total of 26 years today.

Led by an outwardly respectable businessman and an underworld crook, the five-strong gang masterminded Britain's most successful counterfeiting ring.

They produced 50mil-lion worth of fake currency and their 20 notes were so realistic that 30million worth passed through the banking system. Many are still in circulation.

Detectives nicknamed the gang The Lavender Hill Mob after the classic 1951 ...

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