Man jailed over involvement in identity theft syndicate that laundered millions of dollars

Detectives found Karthik Pappu's fingerprints on a book containing information about 305 bank accounts and 68 compromised identities

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A man who was part of a syndicate that stole identities before laundering millions of dollars through jewellers and a coffee shop has been sentenced to six years in jail.

Karthik Pappu, who pleaded guilty to one charge of money laundering, was identified by police investigating a cold calling scheme in which victims provided offenders with access to their computers before being tricked out of money, a Brisbane court was told on Wednesday.

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