Briton charged with money laundering

GIBRALTAR (GibChronicle) Royal Gibraltar Police Financial Crime Unit officers on Monday arrested 52 year old Nasser Heikal, a British national born in Lebanon on suspicion of money laundering. The case relates to the laundering of the proceeds of a ‘boiler room’ operation, which had targeted UK victims between November and December 2010. The resulting Financial Investigation identified up to £80,000, which are suspected to have been laundered by Mr. Heikal via a Belize registered company with a bank account in Gibraltar. Mr. Heikal has been charged with four counts of assisting another to retain the benefit of criminal conduct, although the investigation remains open and further charges may be proferred.