Feb.03, 2010, 13:34
A policeman is among three people charged in connection with a £85,000 fraud and money laundering probe.
The police officer, who lives in Sedbergh and works for the Lancashire force, was charged with fraud and six counts of money laundering by Cumbria police.
Dalvan Steven Dawkins, 54, was charged along with Zarina Gray, 20, of Main Street, Sedbergh, who faces 13 counts of fraud by false representation and a proceeds of crime offence. Matthew Dawkins, 21, a nurse, also from Main Street, is charged with 33 counts of fraud by false representation and a proceeds of crime offence.
The charges follow an investigation launched in July last year after the Royal Bank of Scotland was allegedly defrauded of around £85,000 in credit card payments.
All three will appear before magistrates in south lakeland on February 16.