0:00:02 > 0:00:04When the cell door slams shut on a criminal,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07you might think they've got their just deserts,
0:00:07 > 0:00:08but the law doesn't stop there.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Criminals are now having their most prized possessions hunted down,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15seized and sold at auction to the highest bidder.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Welcome to Ill Gotten Gains.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42In this programme, we meet the man who conned the system
0:00:42 > 0:00:44by saying he lived humbly in a shed,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47but did he actually live here, in a mansion?
0:00:47 > 0:00:50It all depends which side of the road you look,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52but investigators are after his assets.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55He thought he was sophisticated and cunning.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57He thought that he was better than us.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59We've proved that he wasn't.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04And we see how immigration officers and police
0:01:04 > 0:01:06seize a people smuggler's assets,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10and will watch as this boat is sold off at a Proceeds of Crime auction.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13So, the Fortunella kicks things off.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17And one young victim of crime who lost a lot of money
0:01:17 > 0:01:20wants his cash back and thinks that jail time is the least
0:01:20 > 0:01:22a crook should have to do.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I think he should be kept in prison until he gives up the goods.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29He's scammed innocent people for money they didn't have at the time,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32like myself, so why should he be let free?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Across Britain every day,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45teams of specialist police officers are using a powerful law
0:01:45 > 0:01:48called the Proceeds of Crime Act to take cash and property
0:01:48 > 0:01:51from people who made money in illegal ways.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56They might be fraudsters, drug dealers or benefit cheats
0:01:56 > 0:01:59but any cash they made through breaking the law
0:01:59 > 0:02:01will be taken away by police.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06They've seized over £150 million from crooks in a year.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09And it is not just cash that gets seized.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12This building may not look like Sotheby's,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15but millions of pounds' worth of goods owned by crooks
0:02:15 > 0:02:18get sold off here every year.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21This is a location miles away from London, where they hold
0:02:21 > 0:02:25barely advertised auctions called Proceeds of Crime sales.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29They are open to the public and any ill-gotten gains
0:02:29 > 0:02:32are seized by the police and sold to the highest bidder.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Mick Beattie has spent most of his professional life fighting crime
0:02:39 > 0:02:43as a police officer. He is now dedicated to working with financial
0:02:43 > 0:02:45investigators across the country,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48recovering money and property that has been made illegally.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52He's one of the country's leading experts on retrieving money
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and luxury items back from criminals.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56It's our job to ensure that criminals
0:02:56 > 0:02:57who come into the criminal system
0:02:57 > 0:03:01are prosecuted, and to make sure that when they leave the system,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03they don't leave with that criminal benefit intact.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06The items can often be purchased legitimately,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09but the source of the income or the means to acquire that asset
0:03:09 > 0:03:12have been obtained by foul means, ill-gotten gains.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20It's not always the big crime bosses that will attract the attention
0:03:20 > 0:03:22of a financial investigator.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Well-to-do white-collar businessmen who think they can cheat the system
0:03:26 > 0:03:29are coming under closer scrutiny.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35This property in the West Midlands is being searched by elite officers
0:03:35 > 0:03:37from the Asset Recovery Team.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40They are the officers who are called in when the police need to do
0:03:40 > 0:03:44a forensic examination of what money you have and how you made it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Living room three.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50The team suspect that one of the residents at this property
0:03:50 > 0:03:53has been assisting people to get mortgages illegally,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56and making a sizeable income from it.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00The West Midlands team have paid the homeowner an early-morning visit
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and are now carrying out a thorough search of the property to try
0:04:03 > 0:04:08and find evidence to prove he has made money through fraud.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11The suspicion with this individual, this mortgage adviser,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15is that he was actually facilitating people obtaining mortgages
0:04:15 > 0:04:17with false documentation.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19This room may be being used to work from,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23so it's being searched and videoed, and the team know what to look for.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28When we go through the door or investigate anybody financially,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30then we look for lots of documentation
0:04:30 > 0:04:32which would then identify money,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35where it has been to, things like mortgage applications.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39There's lots of documents, both digital documents and real documents
0:04:39 > 0:04:41that we would be looking for.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44DC Tinsley and his colleagues think
0:04:44 > 0:04:46there is definitely evidence of wealth.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49This individual lived in quite a large detached house
0:04:49 > 0:04:51in a rural area, the likes that
0:04:51 > 0:04:54you and me would just dream about living in, really.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Likewise, he had vehicles on the drive
0:04:57 > 0:05:00which were very pristine and very expensive.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I found an inside safe.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05And, in a downstairs area, they have found evidence
0:05:05 > 0:05:07of the suspect mortgage fraudster
0:05:07 > 0:05:10having a large amount of money to spend.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16The team finished their search of the house, and back at their base,
0:05:16 > 0:05:17they had this jewellery valued.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Well, this jewellery is what we recovered at the house on the day.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27It is valued, at the moment, of just over £200,000, and if we manage to
0:05:27 > 0:05:30secure a conviction, then this financial adviser
0:05:30 > 0:05:34could lose all of this jewellery and more besides.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But what has the team most interested is something they have
0:05:37 > 0:05:41found hidden away in the suspect's files that they found in his house.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44We found some crucial pieces of evidence within the house,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46which is central to our prosecution.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Later on, we will see what investigators have found
0:05:49 > 0:05:51that makes them suspect major fraud.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Police work very hard to identify property that criminals have built
0:05:58 > 0:06:02through crime, but one man was SO good at hiding his treasures,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05the law very nearly didn't catch him.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The case was initially taken on by a government department
0:06:11 > 0:06:14specialising in fraud in the management of companies.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16They were looking into Alan Yeomans,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19a company director who had been avoiding tax
0:06:19 > 0:06:21before filing for bankruptcy,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25but the police believed this wasn't all Yeomans had been up to.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27They were suspicious of how he had been able
0:06:27 > 0:06:30to make his money and who he was associating with.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34In order to bring down what they suspected to be a criminal gang,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36they needed to follow the paper trail.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Yeomans came to my attention when a detective inspector from Derbyshire
0:06:39 > 0:06:42contacted me and told me that they had an organised crime group
0:06:42 > 0:06:44that they were trying to dismantle,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47they were trying to do something about.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49So in order to work together with the police,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I went and looked at his bankruptcy files and it soon became clear that
0:06:52 > 0:06:54he'd done some very naughty things.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57In the last three months prior to declaring himself bankrupt,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00he'd spent £90,000 on a credit card,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03that clearly the official receiver couldn't get back.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05When looking for loopholes in his finances,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09they discovered the fraud ran much deeper.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Keen to get his teeth stuck into one of the more unusual cases that
0:07:12 > 0:07:16passed through his desk, Glenn wanted to make a house call.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19So it was clear that Alan Yeomans wasn't working alone.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22There were other people involved in it, there were other people
0:07:22 > 0:07:25who were being directors. There were family members who were involved.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29So, it was... We had to execute a number of warrants
0:07:29 > 0:07:32across six different premises, and I went to Shedley Manor.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Yeomans had said that he only had £300 worth of
0:07:36 > 0:07:39furniture to his name and that he lived in a shed
0:07:39 > 0:07:41in his mother's back garden.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Suspicious of this, Glenn and his team made a visit.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49I had no idea what to expect. I thought we were going to a barn.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I'd driven past it, and from the road, it just looks
0:07:51 > 0:07:54like the biggest barn you've ever seen - a big, green shed.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I was astonished when I walked round the corner and found
0:07:58 > 0:08:02that it actually contained this six- or seven-bedroom manor house.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11Yeomans's shed was in fact a £1.2 million six-bedroom property
0:08:11 > 0:08:13hidden inside an agricultural barn
0:08:13 > 0:08:15to slip through planning regulations.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21It's very difficult to describe how odd this situation is.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25This is a beautiful area of Derbyshire in a very select village,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28with a beautiful set of electronic gates and a drive going down to it,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and a sign that says, "Shedley Manor," in front of it,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34and then this monstrosity of a house.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36So we went into the house.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38The police made the arrest of Alan Yeomans.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42It was a very big premises so we started to search and there were
0:08:42 > 0:08:45specialist search teams going through the building.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It was full of luxury items.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52There was a very expensive fountain outside that was worth thousands.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Inside the house, there was a hot tub, there was a gym,
0:08:56 > 0:09:00there was every trapping of luxury and wealth.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Inside the so-called shed
0:09:02 > 0:09:06was a treasure trove of luxury goods worth £83,000,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09from oil paintings to designer ladies' shoes
0:09:09 > 0:09:13and jewellery. But the surprises didn't stop there.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17One of the police officers had come across three Victorian oil paintings
0:09:17 > 0:09:19on the wall that were about six foot tall.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21One of the police officers
0:09:21 > 0:09:24ran his fingers down the side of the oil painting,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26realised there was a catch and it was hinged,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30opened it up, and behind it was a secret room.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35As we went into this room,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38it was clear that it had been used for something very unusual.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The secret room had been rigged up with filters and equipment
0:09:43 > 0:09:47to grow cannabis, and further searches inside an outbuilding
0:09:47 > 0:09:50at the property revealed an established cannabis factory.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54It was clear that it was a very professional cannabis grow.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56One of the most professional cannabis grows
0:09:56 > 0:09:59that the local police had come across,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and just the plants alone were worth £40,000.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Police now had all the evidence they needed that Yeomans' so-called
0:10:06 > 0:10:09legitimate business was nothing more than a smokescreen
0:10:09 > 0:10:12to launder the money for an even bigger crime.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Far from penniless, he had in fact amassed
0:10:15 > 0:10:17a £2.2 million fortune
0:10:17 > 0:10:21through the growing and dealing of cannabis.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Yeomans was arrested and police then set about stripping the house
0:10:25 > 0:10:26of every valuable antique,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29oil painting and even wine to help claw back
0:10:29 > 0:10:32as much of his proceeds of crime as possible.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36It's important when you're moving fine art and antiques that you don't
0:10:36 > 0:10:38damage it so it was taken away to storage
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and valued by a professional valuer.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46This is just part of the contents of Shedley Manor.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Fine art, paintings, furniture, vintage wine.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54These are very valuable, very high-quality antiques.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58For example, a 19th-century alabaster French clock set
0:10:58 > 0:11:01that's worth about £600.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05A pair of silver candlesticks from 1921
0:11:05 > 0:11:08that's valued at probably £650.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Then we have this lovely clock,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13a Regency mahogany bracket clock with a fusee movement in it
0:11:13 > 0:11:16that's valued at £2,800.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19It's all sitting on this beautiful
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Regency-designed extending dining table
0:11:22 > 0:11:24that we hope to get £10,000 for.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Three oil paintings behind me set up as they were at Shedley Manor,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30together valued at £5,000.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Queen Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley - her favourite -
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and Cecil, her spy master, most important of all
0:11:37 > 0:11:40because he hinges away from the wall, and behind it
0:11:40 > 0:11:44was a secret room, and that had been used for growing cannabis.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Yeomans was charged with nine separate offences
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and sentenced to six and a half years in prison.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55With all of his pricey antiques now ready to be flogged,
0:11:55 > 0:11:57he's paid a high price.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59This has been a great result for us.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02He's going to come out of prison with nothing.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04His house will have gone, the contents will have gone,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and more to the point, the creditors, the victims,
0:12:07 > 0:12:08will have been paid off.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10He thought that he was sophisticated and cunning.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13He thought that he was better than us. We've proved that he wasn't.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Smuggling has always been a historical problem for Britain
0:12:23 > 0:12:25but today, it's not cigarettes or drugs
0:12:25 > 0:12:27that cause the biggest problems.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28There's a far more shocking cargo
0:12:28 > 0:12:30that's being brought to these shores.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Behind every item the authorities seize to sell
0:12:35 > 0:12:37in a Proceeds of Crime auction,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40there's a story of criminal wrongdoing,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43and in the case of the Fortunella catamaran,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45the story is bizarre and unusual.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49The Fortunella is a nine-tonne catamaran that was sometimes
0:12:49 > 0:12:53in the waters between the Isle of Wight and Chichester.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57It was sailing through this exact area, when a passing marine patrol
0:12:57 > 0:13:00decided to question the man sailing it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02The patrol approached the catamaran
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and asked the captain to identify himself.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07He gave his name as Stephen Jackson.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Alarm bells went off for the patrol members.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Their computer records were telling them that Stephen Jackson was wanted
0:13:14 > 0:13:17by police, and they'd just found him.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19When the marine patrol stopped the vessel,
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Stephen Jackson identified himself.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Subsequently, the police instigated normal intelligence checks.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It was identified that Jackson was actually wanted
0:13:29 > 0:13:32on a European arrest warrant issued from Spain.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37The boat was allowed to continue on its journey,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41but as it sailed into the marina, authorities at Chichester
0:13:41 > 0:13:45were calling the police to come and arrest the boat's skipper.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53As he sailed into the marina to moor his boat,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56staff were closing up the entrance behind him.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The police were on their way.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02But Stephen Jackson had no idea he had been rumbled.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03With these gates shut,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06the Fortunella catamaran was going nowhere.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11As soon as he got into the locked gates, they were closed behind him,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13prohibiting any form of exit or escape.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17The boat was kept under watch as officers from Border Force
0:14:17 > 0:14:19and the local police made their way there.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23It was a tense moment as no-one wanted the suspect to flee on foot.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25But as the team watched the boat,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27they could see that the captain was still inside.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29He was about to get a surprise.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Sussex Police boarded the vessel with a view to arresting Jackson.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38They were somewhat taken aback to find 17 male Albanians below decks,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41who clearly were part of a people-smuggling attempt
0:14:41 > 0:14:42into the UK.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46It looked like Stephen Jackson was smuggling the Albanians in
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and safety was not a big concern.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52The boat was only equipped to carry up to eight people,
0:14:52 > 0:14:57but had 17 on board in very cramped conditions for a long journey.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00The police called Immigration Enforcement Criminal Investigation
0:15:00 > 0:15:04immediately and we deployed officers to the scene within an hour to then
0:15:04 > 0:15:07take control of the formal investigation.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10People smuggling like this has become an enormous crime
0:15:10 > 0:15:13all across Europe, and some are paying as much as £8,000
0:15:13 > 0:15:15to have themselves smuggled into
0:15:15 > 0:15:18the UK's various ports and waterways.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Yes, people smuggling by small vessels
0:15:20 > 0:15:23from the near continent is an ongoing threat
0:15:23 > 0:15:26and it's always going to be an ongoing threat because the
0:15:26 > 0:15:29UK borders now, through the ports and the airports,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32have increased security, increased capacity,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35so it's increasingly hard now for organised crime groups to penetrate
0:15:35 > 0:15:37through those control point areas,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39so they're looking at alternative options.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42And having stopped the Albanian men
0:15:42 > 0:15:45from illegally entering the UK at Chichester,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47there was a further surprise for immigration officials
0:15:47 > 0:15:50when they checked the background of one man
0:15:50 > 0:15:52who was moments away from hitting the streets here.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56One particular Albanian had been convicted for sex offences,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59had been subject to a deportation order,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01so we were particularly pleased to apprehend him.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05He was subsequently prosecuted, convicted,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09sentenced to 16 weeks in prison and then immediately deported.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Thankfully, he was refused entry to the UK.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Eight of the other 17 Albanians were immediately deported,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20whilst nine were jailed here in the UK to be deported later.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25But the longest sentence was reserved for Stephen Jackson.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28The captain of the boat received four years and nine months' jail
0:16:28 > 0:16:30for his part as the organiser of the smuggling operation.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34And that's not the only punishment.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37He claimed he was given the catamaran as payment
0:16:37 > 0:16:41for smuggling the people in, but now it's been seized by the Home Office
0:16:41 > 0:16:42and he will sail it no more,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45because it is to be sold off in a Proceeds of Crime auction.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Later, we'll see how much it fetches.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Anything bought from ill-gotten gains can be seized
0:16:54 > 0:16:56under the Proceeds of Crime law.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Prized possessions, such as jewellery and watches are common,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03but it's the fast cars that sell for big money.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13Some sale items that come to auction from the Proceeds of Crime
0:17:13 > 0:17:15create a buzz, like this one -
0:17:15 > 0:17:16a top-of-the-range Audi.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19We can't tell you about the case concerning its former owner
0:17:19 > 0:17:22because it's currently being kept under wraps,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24but what we CAN tell you is this Audi R8
0:17:24 > 0:17:27does 0 to 60 in under four seconds,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31and would make the ideal getaway car in a pursuit.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Brand-new, one of these could cost over £120,000,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39but buyers at the auction will be looking for a better deal than that.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41A white Audi R8 V10 Plus
0:17:41 > 0:17:45is a desirable item, and what we also notice in
0:17:45 > 0:17:48the auction trail is that these things rarely become available.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49They are traded in at certain times.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Sometimes if you have a particular model of car that's only
0:17:52 > 0:17:55a year or two old, it's rare that it's actually available
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and on the market for someone to buy.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00And expectations for the car are high.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We think that particular type of Audi should fetch anywhere
0:18:03 > 0:18:05in the region from £60,000 to £70,000.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So it's time for the car with the mystery past to be sold.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And it seems a written bid has been submitted already.
0:18:13 > 0:18:19The Audi R8 Plus 5.2 litre Quattro V10.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Very happy to be selling this this evening.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Directly in from the government to be sold with no reserve.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Only 8,000 miles on it.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29The written bid is going to kick things off on this at £50,000.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31It's away at £50,000 on the R8.
0:18:31 > 0:18:3350,000. And 52.
0:18:33 > 0:18:3552,000 now.
0:18:35 > 0:18:3754. 55 with me.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41With the written bid at 55,000. 56. 57 with me.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43It's still with me now at the written bid.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46At 57. 58 with the online bidder now.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48And 59. Multiple online bidders at 59.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Bid in at 59,000. 60,000 now. At £60,000.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Bid in at 60,000. That is still very cheap for an Audi R8.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- 61...- With the Audi sitting just a few yards away,
0:18:58 > 0:19:00someone in the room has been tempted.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02At £62,000.
0:19:02 > 0:19:0463, seated, in the middle of the hall.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06£63,000. 63,500.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I have got to give online the same chance, at 63,500.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Three online bidders. At 63,500.
0:19:11 > 0:19:1364?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16At 64,000, it's with the hall, at 64,000.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17I'll take it down to 250s.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19It is at 64. Straight in.
0:19:19 > 0:19:2164 and a half? 65?
0:19:21 > 0:19:2365,000.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24It's in the hall at 65,000.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'll take 250s. It's at 65,000.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The gentleman's bid seated at 65,000.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Any further bids? At 65,000.
0:19:31 > 0:19:3465,250. At 65,250.
0:19:35 > 0:19:3765,500.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Seated. I'll take it in hundreds.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40At 65,500. 65,500.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45On lot 130, the Audi R8, gentleman's bid at 65,500.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Only 8,000 miles.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48At 65,500.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And the hammer's up at 65,500.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Once, twice,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57third and last. Sold.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Well done, sir. 706.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Great bidding.- Sold.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04But what sort of person buys himself a car as fast as an Audi R8?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Very nerve-racking. I've been to quite a few auctions.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11We buy and sell a lot of cars.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Yeah, it was good. We managed obviously to succeed,
0:20:14 > 0:20:15which was even better.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19And auctioneer Aidan is particularly pleased with how the sale went.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It was nice to see an actual physical user,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25someone put their hand up and bid and was able to buy it and fend off
0:20:25 > 0:20:27all the competition online.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29He was a very happy man at the end of the auction.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Yes, I was fairly happy, to say the least.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Very happy indeed.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Sometimes crucial evidence can take the form of a bloodstain,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46a weapon or a bag of drugs, but in one recent case,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48elite financial investigators think
0:20:48 > 0:20:52a few sheets of paper may be all they need to crack a case.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Earlier on, we saw how West Midlands financial investigators
0:20:57 > 0:20:59were searching the house of a man
0:20:59 > 0:21:02they believe has been carrying out mortgage frauds.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05They suspect that he amassed a great deal of wealth
0:21:05 > 0:21:09by charging people for his services to get the mortgage offers
0:21:09 > 0:21:11they shouldn't qualify for.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14The investigators believe that he does this
0:21:14 > 0:21:16by creating false identities
0:21:16 > 0:21:18for people who have bad credit ratings,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20and paperwork they found in his house
0:21:20 > 0:21:25might prove their suspicion that the man is conning the banks.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29DC Tinsley is now sifting through the paperwork
0:21:29 > 0:21:30back at the police station.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Well, this is a mortgage application that we are looking for
0:21:35 > 0:21:37in the name of an individual.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40And when we actually go through it and look at each document
0:21:40 > 0:21:43a little bit more in-depth,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46we come across a photograph of the individual
0:21:46 > 0:21:48relating to the mortgage application,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52but we can see a document that was provided to the mortgage company
0:21:52 > 0:21:55in support of this application
0:21:55 > 0:21:58and it is stamped at the top by the mortgage adviser.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00When we look at the passport itself,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04this passport number here doesn't relate to the individual.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06It relates to somebody completely different.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Therefore we think that this is a fraudulent passport
0:22:10 > 0:22:11or a made-up copy.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Some mortgage companies only require photocopies of original documents to
0:22:16 > 0:22:19be submitted, so someone has taken a photocopy of a real,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23genuine passport and doctored it with a new name and photo,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27presuming that the banks won't check that the passport number matches
0:22:27 > 0:22:28the person in the photo.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31What I can see with this passport is when you turn it round,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34you can see that the original name has been Tippexed out.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40The actual name of the applicant in typeface
0:22:40 > 0:22:42has actually been glued on the front of it.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45And then that has then been photocopied
0:22:45 > 0:22:48and sent with the mortgage application
0:22:48 > 0:22:50as a true representative of the individual,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54when actually the individual doesn't own a passport at all.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59And the team feel this kind of fraud is a regular occurrence for them.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Yeah, we do look at quite a lot of professional enablers,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06as I would put it, down to mortgage advisers,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10and this is a normal thing that we would see because in order to get
0:23:10 > 0:23:13a fraudulent mortgage, there needs to be a certain amount
0:23:13 > 0:23:15of false documentation provided.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Often we see a fraudulent passport or made-up passports,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24um, utility bills that have been doctored into the right names,
0:23:24 > 0:23:29false payslips, even bank statements have actually been altered to,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31you know, improve people's income
0:23:31 > 0:23:34to try to get a mortgage that they want for that house
0:23:34 > 0:23:36that may be just too much for them.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40And Derek has found different types of documents in other people's names
0:23:40 > 0:23:42which may have been used in different frauds.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48What we've also found within the file is cut-out identities
0:23:48 > 0:23:51with names and addresses on it,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53which relate to these phone bills.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56So, in effect, what tends to happen is they will
0:23:56 > 0:23:59cut out the name and address,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02hence being cut out from a document like this.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08It will then be glued on, in this instance,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10or it's been attached on loosely,
0:24:10 > 0:24:14and again, that document is then photocopied
0:24:14 > 0:24:18and then you actually end up with a pristine document like this.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21So this document has probably been used a couple of times to falsify
0:24:21 > 0:24:26people's identity to obtain whatever they effectively need to obtain.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28And the evidence in these files suggests
0:24:28 > 0:24:32that the faked documents have been convincing bank staff
0:24:32 > 0:24:33to open up their coffers.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36In a large number of applications that we've got,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39quite a few of them have been submitted to the bank
0:24:39 > 0:24:41in support of mortgage applications
0:24:41 > 0:24:44where actually the banks have loaned and made mortgage advances
0:24:44 > 0:24:47as a consequence of these documents, yes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Derek and his team know that if they are correct in their suspicions,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55they will have stopped any further false identities being used to con
0:24:55 > 0:24:57the banks into lending money,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59and then the investigators will turn their attention
0:24:59 > 0:25:01to illegally made profits.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04If we are successful in obtaining a conviction,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07then we will be looking at stripping him of his assets
0:25:07 > 0:25:11and his ill-gotten gains in order to repay the victims of this crime.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17The burden is now on Derek and his team of financial investigators
0:25:17 > 0:25:19to prove that their suspicions are correct.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25What is five years of your life worth to you?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Police in London have a criminal on their hands
0:25:28 > 0:25:32who would happily give up that time just to hold on to a pot of cash.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37This is fraudster Daniel Bukhari.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41He was jailed for selling drivers in the UK false insurance.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44The City of London Police brought a case against him
0:25:44 > 0:25:48and his insurance con. Investigator Simon Stiles led the case.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Daniel Bukhari was selling policies
0:25:51 > 0:25:54to unsuspecting members of the public and he was making
0:25:54 > 0:25:55a lot of money out of it.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Bukhari was selling people fake insurance policies
0:26:00 > 0:26:01and business was booming.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04He worked out of this apartment in west London.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07To enhance his con, he built a nice website,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and if you phoned him, he would play this noise in the background
0:26:11 > 0:26:15to make it seem the customers were ringing through to a busy office.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:26:20 > 0:26:21But if you gave him money,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25he would simply pocket it and send out a meaningless certificate
0:26:25 > 0:26:27he had made.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32These are the original tapes from Daniel Bukhari's police interview.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35They demonstrate how little he actually knew about insurance.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Have you got experience of car insurance?
0:26:54 > 0:26:58His opportunity turned out to be another person's misfortune,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00as Simon Stiles began to interview
0:27:00 > 0:27:03the many victims of Daniel Bukhari's fraud.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Throughout the whole of our investigation,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10it was 600-plus victims that came forward and said they had received
0:27:10 > 0:27:13fake insurance from Bukhari.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16A lot of victims I spoke to throughout this investigation
0:27:16 > 0:27:18had a piece of paper they put in their glove box
0:27:18 > 0:27:21believing they were covered, which were absolutely worthless.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26One victim that was brave enough to come forward was Jack,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30who had only just bought his first car after passing his driving test.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Whilst browsing for insurance, he came across Ashton Midshires,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37the company Daniel Bukhari had set up.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41He made the fateful decision to click on the web link
0:27:41 > 0:27:42and take a look.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45My first experience with Ashton Midshires
0:27:45 > 0:27:47was initially through Google.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I typed in "cheap insurance for young drivers",
0:27:51 > 0:27:54and that is when I found Ashton Midshires.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Much of the website Bukhari had produced
0:27:59 > 0:28:03was designed to appeal to young drivers, and it frequently offered
0:28:03 > 0:28:06to undercut the well-known insurance companies.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08The website looked professional.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14It didn't raise any alarm bells, it just looked the part.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18My next step was to obviously ring the number that was on the website.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Once again, it sounded very legitimate.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24It was sort of a call-back principle
0:28:24 > 0:28:30where they took my details and I was contacted back.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Jack didn't know the busy office noise
0:28:33 > 0:28:37he could hear in the background on the other end of the phone
0:28:37 > 0:28:38was all part of Bukhari's con,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41and he agreed to stump up a large deposit.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46The initial deposit was £1,059, if I remember correctly,
0:28:46 > 0:28:52with ten monthly instalments of £105.29.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54It was a big chunk of money,
0:28:54 > 0:28:58it was nearly a month's wage, probably, or there or thereabouts.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01But Jack thought it was worth it because it meant he was on the road.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Getting a certificate meant everything for me,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06it was ultimate freedom,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I could go out with my friends wherever I wanted,
0:29:08 > 0:29:12whenever I wanted. It was just freedom.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Jack got in his car and drove away,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19not realising that in the eyes of the law, he was heading for trouble.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23The documents were put straight in my glove box and I was away driving
0:29:23 > 0:29:26for the best part of two months, three months.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I was taking my friends home mid-afternoon one day
0:29:31 > 0:29:34and I was pulled over by the side of the road.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37The police officer asked me to step into his car.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40He showed me on his ANPR system inside the car
0:29:40 > 0:29:42that I subsequently had no insurance.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46It came as a huge shock for a young driver
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- who thought he had done it all by the book.- Yes, 100%.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I thought he had it wrong completely,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53knowing in my mind that I was insured.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57I showed them my cover note that Mr Bukhari had sent me but obviously
0:29:57 > 0:29:59their ANPR system said otherwise.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02So the next day, I had to hand my licence
0:30:02 > 0:30:03into the local police station.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05I loved riding my motorcycle,
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I love the freedom of having my car,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10and it had all just been taken away from me.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13It took Jack months to get back on the road.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Insurance companies would not believe he had lost his licence
0:30:16 > 0:30:18due to a fraud, and he has no kind words
0:30:18 > 0:30:20for the man who took his money.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24If I met Daniel Bukhari, there would have been many words said,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27but it would mostly be anger and obviously it was very upsetting
0:30:27 > 0:30:31at the time. I suppose they were the emotions that he would receive.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Thanks to Jack's testimony and hundreds of others,
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Daniel Bukhari was convicted and jailed for four and a half years,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42and Simon Stiles, through the Proceeds of Crime investigation,
0:30:42 > 0:30:48was able to prove that Bukhari had received £658,000 through his ghost
0:30:48 > 0:30:50insurance broking scam.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53To date in the UK, this was the biggest ghost-broking investigation
0:30:53 > 0:30:56that has gone on and was undertaken.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59But after the trial, Simon also discovered a big problem.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Throughout all the time Bukhari was working his scam, he had made sure
0:31:04 > 0:31:06to remove all the money he was making via ATMs.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10As you can imagine, £658,000 all disappeared
0:31:10 > 0:31:12via ATM cash machines around London,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16so he was out nearly every night withdrawing not his cash,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19but the victims' cash, and he had pocketed the cash
0:31:19 > 0:31:23and where that went to, we didn't know. We still don't know.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25And nothing in his office showed
0:31:25 > 0:31:27where his stockpile of cash was either.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30By taking out all the scam money from ATMs,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Bukhari had made sure there would be no easy way for investigators to
0:31:34 > 0:31:36trace where the money was going.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39He did everything to ensure he would keep the illegal profits.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41The judge at his trial
0:31:41 > 0:31:44has ordered Bukhari to repay all of the money he stole.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Bukhari says it has gone.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Simon believes it has not.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Mr Bukhari had withdrawn £658,000.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54What does anybody do with that money?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57That money is somewhere, we just haven't found it yet,
0:31:57 > 0:32:00but that's waiting in a pot ready for him when he comes out,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I've got no doubt whatsoever.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07It may seem like a stalemate but the Proceeds of Crime Act has given the
0:32:07 > 0:32:11police one major power to utilise to make a crook pay back what he owes.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13As a result of a confiscation hearing
0:32:13 > 0:32:15when we look to find the money,
0:32:15 > 0:32:17the judge will give a default sentence
0:32:17 > 0:32:20to say you have got six months to pay that money back
0:32:20 > 0:32:22or you will go to prison for a length of time.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24There is a sliding scale.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27£658,000 equates to five years in prison.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31There are no half measures, you do the five years.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33So that is a further five years in jail
0:32:33 > 0:32:35if Daniel Bukhari won't give the money back.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40The fraudster might fancy toughing his way through the extra jail time,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42but Simon has other plans.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I hope for his sake that Daniel Bukhari,
0:32:45 > 0:32:48when he enters his five-year default sentence,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51he thinks of the victims at that point
0:32:51 > 0:32:53and he thinks again and repays them.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55That is my hope.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00But Simon believes greed might keep Daniel Bukhari sitting
0:33:00 > 0:33:03in his jail cell for a while longer yet.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05If you think you will get something out of it,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07you sit tight, and that is what Bukhari has done.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10He is sitting tight waiting for the five years to end,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13the door opens and he will walk away and try and get his pot of gold.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15It's my job to make sure he doesn't.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19And the sting in the tail is that even when Bukhari has served his
0:33:19 > 0:33:20five-year penalty sentence,
0:33:20 > 0:33:23they will still come after his ill-gotten gains,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25and for the victims, it is good to know
0:33:25 > 0:33:28that the Proceeds of Crime Act is working for them.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Mr Bukhari has got his just deserts
0:33:30 > 0:33:33for someone like me who is a victim of his fraud.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36I think he should be kept in prison until he gives up the goods.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38He's scammed innocent people
0:33:38 > 0:33:41for money they didn't have at the time, like myself.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44So why should he be let free?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Obviously, if you have scammed people for money,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48it's not yours in the first place,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51so why should you be allowed to keep it
0:33:51 > 0:33:53after you have committed a criminal offence?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01It's not just victims who can benefit from proceeds of crime.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03One charity had the foresight to contact their local
0:34:03 > 0:34:06crime commissioner for desperately needed funds.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Every year,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14the amount of money police seize from criminals is increasing
0:34:14 > 0:34:17and some of that seized money is given to police
0:34:17 > 0:34:19and crime commissioners across the country
0:34:19 > 0:34:20to distribute to worthwhile causes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Lylac Ridge farm in Risca, south-east Wales
0:34:24 > 0:34:26is one of many that have benefited.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28What the farm here does is help young people,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30as well as former offenders,
0:34:30 > 0:34:34learn to be better citizens by getting them to work with animals.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39Lylac Ridge was founded in 2009 as a non-profit to do animal-assisted
0:34:39 > 0:34:42activities for children and young people and adults with any type of
0:34:42 > 0:34:44disadvantage or deprivation.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48So coming in and just sitting with them,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50and they will interact with you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54The team here are firm believers in the benefits of animal contact.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56They will let you groom them, they will let you feed them,
0:34:56 > 0:35:00so that was the reason for us starting, that is our vision.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02A little bit? No?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04But the animal community at Lylac Farm
0:35:04 > 0:35:07were having a problem with an unpleasant neighbour.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10This used to be a landfill.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13It was nothing but empty fields.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15It was a public footpath,
0:35:15 > 0:35:17but they had to wade through mud to walk through here,
0:35:17 > 0:35:18so a lot of the rambling societies
0:35:18 > 0:35:22and everything weren't using the land the way that it should be used.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26And dumped rubbish wasn't the only problem with the disused land
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- next to them.- There was antisocial behaviour, there was fly-tipping.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32When we went and looked over the land,
0:35:32 > 0:35:35people had been stealing cable, cable stripping.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Jakki thought the problems with the strip of land next to her were too
0:35:40 > 0:35:45big for her to deal with, and Lylac Ridge could never utilise the space.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Until she learned about a new source of funding.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49We needed to advance Lylac Ridge
0:35:49 > 0:35:53so that we could offer these children, more people could come
0:35:53 > 0:35:56do the animal-assisted therapy with us and we would have more tasks
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and more animals for them to be able to engage with.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Then we realised we needed to obviously work here,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06and that is where the PCC fund came in,
0:36:06 > 0:36:09to help pay for all the work that we wanted to do.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13In response to the antisocial behaviour in the area,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Jakki applied for money from her local police and crime commissioner.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Commissioners have funds they can award to worthwhile projects
0:36:20 > 0:36:24in the area, and they decided to award Jakki £9,000.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29The Partnership Fund is actually funded through money we have seized
0:36:29 > 0:36:32from organised crime,
0:36:32 > 0:36:33convicted drug dealers
0:36:33 > 0:36:37and through the sale of repossessed properties and vehicles.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40It's a fantastic scheme, it's well worth it,
0:36:40 > 0:36:43and it is great to come to projects such as Lylac Ridge today
0:36:43 > 0:36:46and see the fantastic difference it has made to the lives of
0:36:46 > 0:36:47people who work for the project,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51including ex-offenders and volunteers in the community.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53And this is what it has done.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58It has paid for the corridor for the public to walk through.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02It has allowed us to put massive enclosures in for our animals
0:37:02 > 0:37:04and for the public to be able to view our animals.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07And Jakki didn't just ask for money.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09She reached out to a local group
0:37:09 > 0:37:13who work with ex-offenders to find out if any of their service users
0:37:13 > 0:37:16could help reclaim the fly-tipped land.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Mike Mogford works with young offenders like these two lads,
0:37:19 > 0:37:21trying to find them jobs in the community.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26We heard about this project last year, when Jakki phoned me up saying
0:37:26 > 0:37:30that she had a fund that was coming from the Proceeds of Crime
0:37:30 > 0:37:34and there was a lot of work to be done up at Lylac Ridge,
0:37:34 > 0:37:36and it was quality type of work
0:37:36 > 0:37:40which we are looking for all the time for our service users
0:37:40 > 0:37:42to help them back into work.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46A service user is someone who've committed a crime
0:37:46 > 0:37:49against the community and therefore they discharge their hours
0:37:49 > 0:37:52within the community, that's the idea of that.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57The young men working here now have been in trouble in the past,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00but by coming to Lylac Ridge, they are getting a chance to learn
0:38:00 > 0:38:04work skills whilst discharging a community sentence.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09I find it's opening up a lot of work towards our service users in a way
0:38:09 > 0:38:11of getting them into work.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15The first thing is they get up in the morning, we start pretty early.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18The second thing is that they're out all day
0:38:18 > 0:38:21and they have got to take work instructions.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26All this helps them to find work
0:38:26 > 0:38:28when they go to Jobcentres and things like this.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32So young offenders are being helped by a scheme that is funded by cash
0:38:32 > 0:38:36seized from grown-up criminals, and it's quite a large sum of money.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39We've established a partnership fund about three and a half years ago
0:38:39 > 0:38:42here in Gwent, and over that time, we have distributed about
0:38:42 > 0:38:46half a million pounds in cash seized from criminals
0:38:46 > 0:38:50to around 150 community-based projects here in Gwent.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Without the funding from the crime prevention from ill-gotten gains,
0:38:54 > 0:38:58would we have been able to expand? Would we have been able to offer
0:38:58 > 0:39:02more people more opportunities on this site? Probably not.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05It's a good use of money, yes, without a doubt.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09It has benefited the project and the community and it's definitely
0:39:09 > 0:39:11benefiting our service users.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15And for Lylac Farm's head honcho, the support they have received
0:39:15 > 0:39:18has made her work feel all the more worthwhile.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Proud is not a word for it.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24I am extremely proud of everything that everyone has achieved here.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36We've seen criminals and suspects use crime to make money,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39but if their property ends up in a Proceeds of Crime auction,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42we could all benefit just a little bit.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Earlier on,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47we saw how the Fortunella boat was used by people-smuggler
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Stephen Jackson to transport people into the UK illegally.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54He sailed the eight-man catamaran into Chichester Marina
0:39:54 > 0:39:57with a large number of people hidden inside.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04Police and authorities closed up the gates...
0:40:04 > 0:40:08sealing Stephen Jackson and his boat inside the marina.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Before he realised anything was wrong,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13the police and immigration officers pounced and arrested Jackson.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17They discovered the catamaran had 17 Albanian men on board,
0:40:17 > 0:40:20none of whom had permission to enter the UK.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23One of the men had a criminal record for a sex offence.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27He was very nearly free to walk the streets of Britain.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31All the men bar one were removed from the UK, and the boat's skipper,
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Stephen Jackson, received four years and nine months in jail.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Immigration officials believe he benefited by thousands of pounds
0:40:38 > 0:40:40through smuggling the Albanians in
0:40:40 > 0:40:43and they believe he should pay that money back,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45so his boat, the Fortunella,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48has been seized and will be sold at a Proceeds of Crime auction.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51The money made will be returned to the state.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Let's kick things off with the aforementioned Fortunella.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57This catamaran has been sent to us by a government agency to be sold
0:40:57 > 0:41:00to the highest bidder, with no reserve.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01It will be sold in this hall.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03So, the Fortunella kicks things off.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Where are we on the Fortunella, folks?
0:41:05 > 0:41:09Three, five, straight in. I like your style. 3,500, at 3,500.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12The written bid is out at 3,500.
0:41:12 > 0:41:143,600 in the hall. I'll take hundreds.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17At 3,600, it's in the hall at 3,600.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Bidding at 3,600 on the Fortunella.
0:41:21 > 0:41:223,700 online.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26It is on sale at 3,700 with the online bidder at 3,700.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28A bid in at 3,700, it's online.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Lot number 29.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31And I'm selling. I'll take it down to 50s.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34At 3,700, I'm looking for another 50.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39At 3,700, on lot number 29, any last-minute bids in the hall?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41At 3,700...
0:41:41 > 0:41:433,750, online, took your time.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46At 3,750. Give online bidders the same chance.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48At 3,750.
0:41:48 > 0:41:523,800. At £3,800, bid in at 3,800.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55At £3,800 on the Fortunella.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58£3,800. A bid in at £3,800.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I am going to have to rush you online.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05At £3,800, and the hammer is up once, 3,800 twice.
0:42:05 > 0:42:073,850, the hammer wasn't down.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09A bid in at £3,850.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Are there any bids in the hall?
0:42:11 > 0:42:13On the Fortunella. Who doesn't want a catamaran?
0:42:13 > 0:42:163,850. 3,900, that got your interest.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18At £3,900.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19A bid in at 3,900.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21At 3,900 on the Fortunella.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24At £3,900, a bid in at 3,900.
0:42:24 > 0:42:31At £3,900 on the Fortunella, 3,900 once, 3,900 twice.
0:42:31 > 0:42:333,950. At 3,950.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37On the catamaran. £4,000, thank you.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39At £4,000 on lot number 29.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42At £4,000 once,
0:42:42 > 0:42:464,000 twice, third and last.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Sold online, well done, online.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Lot number 29.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54The Fortunella has sold for £4,000,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57getting some money back to the public purse.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01It is the silver lining on the cloud that is people-smuggling.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Even when criminals are behind bars,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08they are still paying off their debt to society.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11And when they come out, if they haven't cleared that debt,
0:43:11 > 0:43:15the police will continue to hunt down their ill-gotten gains.