A CARE worker from Thornton Heath has pleaded not guilty to laundering £1.3 million.
Abayomi Adeboye, 36, appeared at Croydon Crown Court on Wednesday and denied three counts of money laundering and a fourth of possessing a fake Nigerian passport.
Adeboye, of Beechwood Avenue, Thornton Heath, will stand trial on March 9, 2015.
He is charged with entering into or being concerned in the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal property, namely £1,350,380, on behalf of persons unknown, on or before December 23, 2012.
He is also charged with two counts of concealing, disguising, converting, transferring or removing criminal property, specifically £25,711.50 by means of bank transfers and withdrawals on or before December 23, 2011.
The third charge is one of concealing, disguising, converting, transferring or removing criminal property, namely £24,102, through bank transfers or withdrawals between December 23, 2011 and January 9, 2012.
They laundering charges refer to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Finally, he is charged with possession of identity documents with intent on or before September 9, 2012, relating to a Nigerian passport which he knew to be false and intending to use the document to establish, ascertain or verify the personal information of A Kayode Olaniyi.
