{"id":131545,"date":"2023-10-04T17:50:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131545"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:50:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:50:19","slug":"i-got-slapped-with-a-criminal-conviction-after-lending-fifty-quid-to-a-mate-dont-make-my-mistake-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/i-got-slapped-with-a-criminal-conviction-after-lending-fifty-quid-to-a-mate-dont-make-my-mistake-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I got slapped with a criminal conviction after lending fifty quid to a mate – don't make my mistake | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A WOMAN who loaned her friend \u00a350 has claimed that it led to her mum's house being raided by cops and her ending up with a criminal record.<\/p>\n

Ebony King, 32, was in her final year at secondary school in 2010 and had secured a place at a London university to study psychology.<\/p>\n


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An old family friend allegedly asked her to borrow \u00a350 and repaid her two months later, but she claims he overpaid her by several hundred pounds.<\/p>\n

"I called him immediately to let him know," Ebony told This is Money. "He said it must have been an accident and could I please get the cash from the bank and give it back to him.<\/p>\n

"I didn't question it \u2014 I handed him the cash and thought that was the end of it."<\/p>\n

Six months later police raided her mum's house in Dagenham, East London.<\/p>\n

The money sent to her was said to have been obtained by an online scam and by handing over cash Ebony had become complicit in the handling of laundered money.<\/p>\n

Ebony claimed that she thought she was just helping a friend, but was convicted of concealing, converting, removing and transferring criminal property.<\/p>\n

Her family friend was never charged or convicted.<\/p>\n

She continued: "It could have ruined my life. They used me as a scapegoat and acted like I was the mastermind behind the operation. I was still a teenager.<\/p>\n

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"I got rejected for jobs and had a terrible credit rating for a very long time. I was lucky and found employers who listened to my story and understood what had happened."<\/p>\n

Ebony described how she struggled to "trust anyone" after she was convicted of money muling.<\/p>\n

She went on to work as a patient adviser at the NHS and studied psychology and counselling at the University of East London.<\/p>\n

The mother-of-three founded Elevate Her UK in 2019 to empower young women and deliver mentoring to young mothers in hostels.<\/p>\n

It comes after study of 1,000 18-30-year-olds found 32 per cent could have unknowingly engaged in this activity known as "money\u00a0muling".<\/p>\n

This type of\u00a0fraud\u00a0is being disguised as job\u00a0adverts\u00a0online offering an easy way to make quick money, where they keep a "commission" after sending the funds elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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