A Congolese asylum seeker masterminded a £20 million theft ring stealing thousands of chequebooks

Richard White:

AN asylum seeker working as a postman ran a £20million fraud from a council house.

Dido Mayue-Belezika stole 1,500 cheques from his sorting office.

Brother-in-law Ishiaba Kasonga, 40, sent them to a network of at least 220 money-launderers across the UK.

A staggering £5million was pilfered from more than 1,300 residents in London's affluent Golders Green area alone.

Congolese national Mayue-Belezika, 34, was careful not to arouse suspicion, driving to his £250-a-week job in a Fiat Punto.

But his “lavishly” furnished home in Camden, North London, was filled with £1,000 suits, Rolex watches, designer suits and hand-made shoes embossed with his initials, Harrow Crown Court heard.

Mayue-Belezika, a married dad of four, admitted theft.

Kasonga, of Brixton, South London, admitted conspiracy. They will be sentenced this week.

Det Insp Murray Duffin said: “We got to 220 suspects and stopped counting.”

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